About Gene List

PF3D7_1223700 (VIT)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:968,562..970,710(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: vacuolar iron transporter

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 5

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0015297 antiporter activity
Function GO:0015093 ferrous iron transmembrane transporter activity
Function GO:0005381 iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
Function GO:0005384 manganese ion transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0006879 cellular iron ion homeostasis
Process GO:0030026 cellular manganese ion homeostasis
Process GO:0006880 intracellular sequestering of iron ion
Process GO:0006826 iron ion transport

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.83 0.55
Schizont expressed 0.14 0.91
Gametocyte expressed 0.42 0.76

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1223700

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: 0.903 | MFS: -2.369 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1438600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.00 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.25

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_1441100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4786

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5I0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102313

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 11 3 7
disruptive 0 2 3 20
missense 0 2 3 10

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 13 10 12
disruptive 3 26 24 56
missense 0 13 21 37

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 86

Non-coding: 84 | Synonymous: 2 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 273 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 30.984

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5I0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.02

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR008217 Ccc1 family
PFam PF01988 Ccc1 family
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
26786069 A vacuolar iron-transporter homologue acts as a detoxifier in Plasmodium. Slavic K, Krishna S, ..., Mota MM 10.1038/ncomms10403
28198449 Recombinant vacuolar iron transporter family homologue PfVIT from humanmalaria-causing Plasmodium falciparum is a Fe(2+)/H(+)exchanger. Labarbuta P, Duckett K, ..., Law CJ 10.1038/srep42850