About Gene List

PF3D7_1211800 (PfpUB)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:525,310..528,190(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: polyubiquitin

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0000151 ubiquitin ligase complex
Function GO:0031386 protein tag
Function GO:0031625 ubiquitin protein ligase binding
Process GO:0019941 modification-dependent protein catabolic process
Process GO:0000209 protein polyubiquitination
Process GO:0016567 protein ubiquitination
Process GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process

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 0.55
Trophozoite expressed 1.78 0.25
Schizont expressed 1.85 0.22
Gametocyte expressed 1.33 0.40

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1211800

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: 0.272 | MFS: -3.296 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0610300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.09 ± 0.19
  • Confidence: 4.75

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KQK2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100667

Most Similar Human Ortholog: F5GZ39

TM-align score: 0.98 | RMSD: 0.35

Seq Identity: 0.98 | Length: 61 / 381

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000150991 ubiquitin C
ENSG00000170315 ubiquitin B

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 1 1 3
disruptive 0 0 0 1
missense 0 0 0 1

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 1 3 2
disruptive 0 1 5 9
missense 0 0 1 3

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 194

Non-coding: 132 | Synonymous: 61 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 381 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 42.829

UniProt ID(s): Q26029, Q7KQK2, Q9U5M1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.47

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000626 Ubiquitin-like domain
InterPro IPR019954 Ubiquitin conserved site
InterPro IPR019956 Ubiquitin domain
InterPro IPR029071 Ubiquitin-like domain superfamily
PFam PF00240 Ubiquitin-like domain
Superfamily SSF54236 Ubiquitin-like 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
28604779 Lys48 ubiquitination during the intraerythrocytic cycle of the rodent malariaparasite, Plasmodium chabaudi. Gonzalez-Lopez L, Carballar-Lejarazu R, ..., Hernandez-Hernandez FC 10.1371/journal.pone.0176533
28759593 Proteogenomic analysis of the total and surface-exposed proteomes of Plasmodiumvivax salivary gland sporozoites. Swearingen KE, Lindner SE, ..., Mikolajczak SA https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28759593/
10613704 Intraerythrocytic polyubiquitin expression in Plasmodium falciparum is subjectedto developmental and heat-shock control Horrocks P, Newbold CI 10.1016/s0166-6851(99)00174-7