About Gene List

PF3D7_1227700 (KIC2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,128,715..1,133,372(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein KIC2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus

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 0.65 0.69
Trophozoite expressed 0.33 0.82
Schizont expressed 0.99 0.48
Gametocyte expressed 0.49 0.72

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1227700

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 2 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.291 | #Insertions: 6

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1442400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.91 ± 0.18
  • Confidence: 4.78

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1442400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3955

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5E1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: AMP (adenosine monophosphate, Local RMSD=2.74) with 6JWQ (Global RMSD=39.05)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_134707

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 31 17 36
disruptive 13 55 32 85
missense 13 55 32 79

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 17 61 34 50
disruptive 24 138 63 165
missense 21 108 55 113

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 234

Non-coding: 194 | Synonymous: 27 | Nonsynonymous: 13 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 771 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 91.292

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5E1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.71

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
PFam N/A N/A
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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
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