About Gene List

PF3D7_1209400 (CIA1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:435,583..439,379(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly protein 1, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0097361 CIA complex
Process GO:0016226 iron-sulfur cluster assembly
Process GO:0097428 protein maturation by iron-sulfur cluster transfer

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 not expressed 0.27 0.89
Trophozoite expressed 0.18 0.89
Schizont expressed 0.35 0.85
Gametocyte expressed 0.18 0.89

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1209400

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

MIS: 0.502 | MFS: -2.659 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0607800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.04 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.55

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5V5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ALQ (2-methyl-propionic acid, Local RMSD=3.79) with 4GM8 (Global RMSD=11.34)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102166

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O76071

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.63

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 320 / 792

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000144021 cytosolic iron-sulfur assembly component 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 41 18 57
disruptive 42 107 62 134
missense 24 81 51 103

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 84 24 46
disruptive 59 214 92 178
missense 32 170 77 119

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 235

Non-coding: 133 | Synonymous: 44 | Nonsynonymous: 58 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 792 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 91.851

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5V5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.41

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001680 WD40 repeat
InterPro IPR028608 Probable cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly protein, CIAO1/Cia1
InterPro IPR036322 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
PFam PF00400 WD40 repeat
Superfamily SSF50978 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily

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
29967244 Histone Chaperone Asf1 Is Required for the Establishment of Repressive Chromatinin Schizosaccharomyces pombe fbp1 Gene Repression Umeda M, Tsunekawa C, ..., Hirota K 10.1128/MCB.00194-18
23089178 Sim3 shares some common roles with the histone chaperone Asf1 in fission yeast Tanae K, Horiuchi T, ..., Kawamukai M 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.10.020
22291963 Histone chaperone Asf1 plays an essential role in maintaining genomic stabilityin fission yeast Tanae K, Horiuchi T, ..., Kawamukai M 10.1371/journal.pone.0030472