About Gene List

PF3D7_1227800 (ELP3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,133,799..1,137,718(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: elongator complex protein 3, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.48 (Histone acetyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0033588 elongator holoenzyme complex
Component GO:0005741 mitochondrial outer membrane
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004402 histone acetyltransferase activity
Process GO:0002926 tRNA wobble base 5-methoxycarbonylmethyl-2-thiouridinylation

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 expressed 1.38 0.41
Trophozoite expressed 0.87 0.56
Schizont not expressed 0.24 0.86
Gametocyte not expressed 0.53 0.71

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1227800

Resistome Missense Mutations: D832N

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: MMV665794

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.731 | MFS: -2.938 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1442500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± nan
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5E0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: DCA (desulfo-coenzyme a, Local RMSD=0.04) with 6IA6 (Global RMSD=3.21)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.48 histone acetyltransferase CoADNARNABF1EDTAMB-3LTK14PU139A-485TTK21CPTH2CPTH6...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100741

Most Similar Human Ortholog: B4DKA4

TM-align score: 0.92 | RMSD: 1.84

Seq Identity: 0.33 | Length: 454 / 1092

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000134014 elongator acetyltransferase complex subunit 3

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 49 22 71
disruptive 27 72 56 118
missense 22 69 55 107

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 25 94 52 59
disruptive 44 164 89 179
missense 33 141 77 140

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 99

Non-coding: 33 | Synonymous: 38 | Nonsynonymous: 28 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1092 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 129.197

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5E0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.29

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006638 Elp3/MiaB/NifB
InterPro IPR007197 Radical SAM
InterPro IPR032432 Radical SAM, C-terminal extension
InterPro IPR034687 Elongator complex protein 3-like
InterPro IPR039661 ELP3/YhcC
PFam PF04055 Radical SAM
PFam PF16199 Radical SAM, C-terminal extension
Superfamily SSF102114 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
23878194 Elongator protein 3 (Elp3) lysine acetyltransferase is a tail-anchoredmitochondrial protein in Toxoplasma gondii. Stilger KL, Sullivan WJ Jr 10.1074/jbc.M113.491373
29293520 Elp3 and RlmN: A tale of two mitochondrial tail-anchored radical SAM enzymes inToxoplasma gondii. Padgett LR, Lentini JM, ..., Sullivan WJ Jr 10.1371/journal.pone.0189688