About Gene List

PF3D7_1211400 (PfJ4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:504,868..507,780(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: heat shock protein DNAJ homologue Pfj4

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:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0030430 host cell cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0030544 Hsp70 protein binding
Function GO:0051082 unfolded protein binding
Process GO:0009408 response to heat
Process GO:0006986 response to unfolded protein

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 0.51 0.75
Trophozoite expressed 0.70 0.61
Schizont expressed 0.15 0.90
Gametocyte expressed 0.63 0.65

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1211400

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: 0.261 | MFS: -2.79 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Insufficient data (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0609900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.99 ± 1.44
  • Confidence: 0.66

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KQK3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 1PS (3-pyridinium-1-ylpropane-1-sulfonate, Local RMSD=2.30) with 5AYK (Global RMSD=9.14)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P31689 DnaJ homolog subfamily A member 1 Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL52073CHEMBL159171

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102921

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9JB42

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 0.48

Seq Identity: 0.65 | Length: 66 / 244

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000105993 DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B6
ENSG00000135924 DnaJ heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member B2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 244 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 28.062

UniProt ID(s): Q7KQK3, Q9GUX2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.47

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001623 DnaJ domain
InterPro IPR018253 DnaJ domain, conserved site
InterPro IPR036869 Chaperone J-domain superfamily
PFam PF00226 DnaJ domain
Superfamily SSF46565 Chaperone J-domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 201

Non-coding: 192 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

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
18674634 The Plasmodium falciparum heat shock protein 40, Pfj4, associates with heat shockprotein 70 and shows similar heat induction and localisation patterns. Pesce ER, Acharya P, ..., Blatch GL 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.06.011
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
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