About Gene List

PF3D7_1232300

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,335,579..1,337,655(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cytochrome b5, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0009055 electron transfer activity
Function GO:0020037 heme binding
Process GO:0055114 oxidation-reduction process

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 0.29 0.82
Schizont expressed 0.08 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.74 0.63

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1232300

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.208 | MFS: -3.279 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I599

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100589

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P00167

TM-align score: 0.58 | RMSD: 3.01

Seq Identity: 0.26 | Length: 92 / 157

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000103018 cytochrome b5 type B
ENSG00000166347 cytochrome b5 type A

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 9 5 8
disruptive 4 15 5 22
missense 2 14 4 16

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 14 6 18
disruptive 11 29 21 53
missense 6 20 14 34

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 183

Non-coding: 172 | Synonymous: 10 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 157 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 18.244

UniProt ID(s): Q8I599

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.62

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001199 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain
InterPro IPR036400 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00173 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain
Superfamily SSF55856 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding 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
20493843 Plasmodium falciparum: nitric oxide modulates heme speciation in isolated foodvacuoles. Ostera G, Tokumasu F, ..., Rodgers KR 10.1016/j.exppara.2010.05.006