About Gene List

PF3D7_1237600 (PWP1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,568,038..1,571,016(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: periodic tryptophan protein 1, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005730 nucleolus
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Process GO:0006364 rRNA processing

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 0.49 0.76
Trophozoite expressed 0.36 0.79
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.93
Gametocyte expressed 0.67 0.63

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1237600

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: 0.16 | MFS: -2.878 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A144A0C0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SIW (keggin (sta), Local RMSD=0.65) with 6Y7O (Global RMSD=4.48)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102416

Most Similar Human Ortholog: B4DJV5

TM-align score: 0.70 | RMSD: 2.58

Seq Identity: 0.28 | Length: 329 / 502

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000136045 PWP1 homolog, endonuclein

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 35 13 34
disruptive 16 49 37 94
missense 12 45 37 85

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 59 16 53
disruptive 34 132 89 162
missense 20 110 79 123

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 203

Non-coding: 158 | Synonymous: 34 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 502 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 58.797

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A0C0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.89

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001680 WD40 repeat
InterPro IPR019775 WD40 repeat, conserved site
InterPro IPR020472 G-protein beta WD-40 repeat
InterPro IPR036322 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
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
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
30361412 PWP1 promotes nutrient-responsive expression of 5S ribosomal RNA Liu Y, Cerejeira Matos R, Heino TI, Hietakangas V 10.1242/bio.037911
34738170 Overexpression of cell-wall GPI-anchored proteins restores cell growth ofN-glycosylation-defective och1 mutants in Schizosaccharomyces pombe Fukunaga T, Sakurai Y, ..., Takegawa K 10.1007/s00253-021-11649-5
31754456 Pwp1 regulates telomere length by stabilizing shelterin complex and maintaining histone H4K20 trimethylation Yu Y, Jia W, ..., Kang J 10.1038/s41421-019-0116-8
24636992 Ribosome assembly factors Pwp1 and Nop12 are important for folding of 5.8S rRNAduring ribosome biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Talkish J, Campbell IW, ..., Woolford JL Jr 10.1128/MCB.01322-13
29065309 PWP1 Mediates Nutrient-Dependent Growth Control through Nucleolar Regulation of Ribosomal Gene Expression Liu Y, Mattila J, ..., Hietakangas V 10.1016/j.devcel.2017.09.022