About Gene List

PF3D7_1230700 (SEC13)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,258,922..1,262,608(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein transport protein SEC13

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0030127 COPII vesicle coat
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0070971 endoplasmic reticulum exit site
Component GO:0005643 nuclear pore
Component GO:0031080 nuclear pore outer ring
Component GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
Process GO:0090114 COPII-coated vesicle budding

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 0.39 0.80
Trophozoite expressed 0.35 0.78
Schizont expressed 0.32 0.78
Gametocyte expressed 0.20 0.88

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1230700

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: Non - Mutable in CDS *tentative

MIS: 0.989 | MFS: -1.951 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1445400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.15 ± 0.15
  • Confidence: 5.22

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_144540)

Modification: Mutated | RMgm-4474

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5B3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ALQ (2-methyl-propionic acid, Local RMSD=0.24) with 4GM3 (Global RMSD=4.39)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101941

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A8MXL6

TM-align score: 0.93 | RMSD: 2.03

Seq Identity: 0.36 | Length: 281 / 822

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000157020 SEC13 homolog, nuclear pore and COPII coat complex component

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 40 12 46
disruptive 68 143 71 154
missense 22 93 58 120

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 25 65 29 53
disruptive 106 266 129 231
missense 43 192 98 133

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 179

Non-coding: 73 | Synonymous: 59 | Nonsynonymous: 47 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 822 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 90.749

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5B3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.58

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001680 WD40 repeat
InterPro IPR036322 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
InterPro IPR037363 Sec13/Seh1 family
InterPro IPR037596 Protein Sec13
PFam PF00400 WD40 repeat
Superfamily SSF50978 WD40-repeat-containing domain 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
18284574 Spatial dissection of the cis- and trans-Golgi compartments in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Struck NS, Herrmann S, ..., Gilberger TW 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06125.x
23687383 PfSec13 is an unusual chromatin-associated nucleoporin of Plasmodium falciparumthat is essential for parasite proliferation in human erythrocytes. Dahan-Pasternak N, Nasereddin A, ..., Dzikowski R 10.1242/jcs.122119
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
35727050 Stage-Specific COPII-Mediated Cargo Selectivity in African Trypanosomes Sharif M, Bangs JD 10.1128/msphere.00188-22