About Gene List

PF3D7_1224500 (ASF1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:997,441..1,000,427(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone chaperone ASF1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003682 chromatin binding
Function GO:0042393 histone binding
Function GO:0051082 unfolded protein binding
Process GO:0006335 DNA replication-dependent chromatin assembly
Process GO:0006336 DNA replication-independent chromatin assembly
Process GO:0031497 chromatin assembly
Process GO:0016458 gene silencing
Process GO:0043486 histone exchange

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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.34 0.79
Schizont expressed 0.28 0.81
Gametocyte expressed 0.38 0.78

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1224500

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: 0.411 | MFS: -2.479 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5H2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101293

Most Similar Human Ortholog: K7EIL9

TM-align score: 0.88 | RMSD: 2.00

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 80 / 273

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000105011 anti-silencing function 1B histone chaperone
ENSG00000111875 anti-silencing function 1A histone chaperone
ENSG00000288210 anti-silencing function 1B histone chaperone

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

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

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 141

Non-coding: 137 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 273 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 31.547

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5H2

PDB ID(s): 6A6Y

Isoelectric Point: 4.1

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006818 Histone chaperone ASF1-like
InterPro IPR017282 Histone deposition protein Asf1
InterPro IPR036747 Histone chaperone ASF1-like superfamily
PFam PF04729 Histone chaperone ASF1-like
Superfamily SSF101546 Histone chaperone ASF1-like 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
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
33501928 Structural insights into histone chaperone Asf1 and its characterization fromPlasmodium falciparum. Srivastava DK, Gunjan S, ..., Roy S 10.1042/BCJ20200891
38407959 A fluorescent assay for cryptic transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealsnovel insights into factors that stabilize chromatin structure on newlyreplicated DNA Gao E, Brown JAR, Jung S, Howe LJ 10.1093/genetics/iyae016
36914923 The patterns and participants of parental histone recycling during DNAreplication in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shan Z, Zhang Y, ..., Zhu B 10.1007/s11427-022-2267-6