About Gene List

PF3D7_1213600 (DLC8)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:586,314..587,973(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: dynein light chain 1, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005868 cytoplasmic dynein complex
Component GO:0030286 dynein complex
Component GO:0005875 microtubule associated complex
Function GO:0003774 cytoskeletal motor activity
Function GO:0045505 dynein intermediate chain binding
Function GO:0051959 dynein light intermediate chain binding
Function GO:0003777 microtubule motor activity
Process GO:0007018 microtubule-based movement
Process GO:2000582 obsolete positive regulation of microtubule motor activity, plus-end-directed

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite not expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.01 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.09 0.93
Schizont expressed 0.02 0.98
Gametocyte expressed 0.09 0.94

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1213600

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: 0.929 | MFS: -2.263 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5R9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q96FJ2 Dynein light chain 2, cytoplasmic HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST US11192893, Example 4US11192893, Example 5US11192893, Example 12US11192893, Example 27...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101264

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P63167

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 1.43

Seq Identity: 0.78 | Length: 89 / 93

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000088986 dynein light chain LC8-type 1
ENSG00000264364 dynein light chain LC8-type 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 93 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 10.764

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5R9

PDB ID(s): 5WOF

Isoelectric Point: 7.87

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001372 Dynein light chain, type 1/2
InterPro IPR019763 Dynein light chain, type 1/2, conserved site
InterPro IPR037177 Dynein light chain superfamily
PFam PF01221 Dynein light chain, type 1/2
Superfamily SSF54648 Dynein light chain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 59

Non-coding: 56 | Synonymous: 3 | 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
23233536 Dynein light chain 8a of Toxoplasma gondii, a unique conoid-localizedbeta-strand-swapped homodimer, is required for an efficient parasite growth Qureshi BM, Hofmann NE, ..., Gupta N 10.1096/fj.11-180992