About Gene List

PF3D7_1226600 (PCNA2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,077,568..1,079,040(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: proliferating cell nuclear antigen 2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0043626 PCNA complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0030337 DNA polymerase processivity factor activity
Process GO:0006272 leading strand elongation
Process GO:0006298 mismatch repair
Process GO:0051259 protein complex oligomerization
Process GO:0019985 translesion synthesis

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 0.03 0.98
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.30 0.81
Schizont expressed 0.17 0.88
Gametocyte not expressed 0.14 0.91

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1226600

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: 0.131 | MFS: -3.303 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1441400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.87 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.35

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1441400)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-4600

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KQJ9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NEQ (n-ethylmaleimide, Local RMSD=0.25) with 3V62 (Global RMSD=4.39)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P12004 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen Homo sapiens HOGENOM, OrthoDB CHEMBL2348305CHEMBL2348283CHEMBL2348282CHEMBL2348304...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_137674

No human ortholog(s)

Protein Information

Protein Length: 264 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 30.163

UniProt ID(s): Q7KQJ9, Q8WSN0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.74

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000730 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA
InterPro IPR022648 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA, N-terminal
InterPro IPR022649 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA, C-terminal
InterPro IPR022659 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA, conserved site
PFam PF00705 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA, N-terminal
PFam PF02747 Proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF55979 N/A

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 6 4 16
disruptive 0 2 3 10
missense 0 2 3 9

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 20 10 24
disruptive 1 15 17 35
missense 0 10 14 27

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 75

Non-coding: 69 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | 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
12413950 Molecular characterization and expression of an alternate proliferating cellnuclear antigen homologue, PfPCNA2, in Plasmodium falciparum. Patterson S, Whittle C, Robert C, Chakrabarti D 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02436-1
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
30865364 Molecular characterization and expression profile of an alternate proliferatingcell nuclear antigen homolog PbPCNA2 in Plasmodium berghei Pradhan S, Kalia I, ..., Dhar SK 10.1002/iub.2036
25728088 Similarities and differences between Arabidopsis PCNA1 and PCNA2 in complementingthe yeast DNA damage tolerance defect Xue C, Liang K, ..., Xiao W 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.02.003
30052905 Role of tyrosine residue (Y213) in nuclear retention of PCNA1 in human malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum Banu K, Mitra P, Subbarao N, Dhar SK 10.1093/femsle/fny182