About Gene List

PF3D7_1204300 (EIF5A)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:204,215..207,469(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003746 translation elongation factor activity
Function GO:0003743 translation initiation factor activity
Process GO:0045901 positive regulation of translational elongation
Process GO:0006413 translational initiation

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 1.01 0.56
Trophozoite expressed 1.59 0.31
Schizont expressed 0.82 0.58
Gametocyte expressed 0.58 0.68

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1204300

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 0 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS *tentative

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I603

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100628

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9J4W5

TM-align score: 0.94 | RMSD: 1.00

Seq Identity: 0.57 | Length: 115 / 161

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000132507 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A
ENSG00000163577 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A2
ENSG00000253626 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A like 1
ENSG00000288145 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A

Genetic Variation

MalariaGEN Pf7 (worldwide samples) # unique SNV/indels:

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 1
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 1 0
disruptive 0 0 0 3
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 127

Non-coding: 126 | Synonymous: 1 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 161 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 17.631

UniProt ID(s): Q8I603, Q8MX76

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.53

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001884 Translation elongation factor IF5A-like
InterPro IPR008991 Translation protein SH3-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR012340 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold
InterPro IPR019769 Translation elongation factor, IF5A, hypusine site
InterPro IPR020189 Translation elongation factor, IF5A C-terminal
PFam PF01287 Translation elongation factor, IF5A C-terminal
Superfamily SSF50104 Translation protein SH3-like domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF50249 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
38229033 SUMOylation modulates eIF5A activities in both yeast and pancreatic ductaladenocarcinoma cells Seoane R, Lama-Diaz T, ..., Rivas C 10.1186/s11658-024-00533-5
38339043 The Deficiency of Hypusinated eIF5A Decreases the Putrescine/Spermidine Ratio andInhibits +1 Programmed Ribosomal Frameshifting during the Translation of Ty1Retrotransposon in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Xiao Y, Wang R, ..., Liang A 10.3390/ijms25031766
38276673 Toxoplasma gondii eIF-5A Modulates the Immune Response of Murine Macrophages InVitro Liu X, Li X, ..., Li X 10.3390/vaccines12010101