About Gene List

PF3D7_1240900 (VAR)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,734,992..1,744,191(+)

Genome classification: InternalHypervariable

Function and Localization

Product Description: erythrocyte membrane protein 1, PfEMP1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB): None

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 0.03 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.09 0.94
Schizont expressed 0.20 0.86
Gametocyte expressed 0.36 0.79

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1240900

Resistome Missense Mutations: K289N, P293A, K294M, A300P, H560R, D657N, E658D, Y668F, E725D, D1063H, A1825S, V1887I

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: AN13762, AN13956, Halofuginone, Pepstatin n-butyl ester

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 16 (16 missense, 10 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.006 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A144A1K0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 3PO (triphosphate, Local RMSD=2.84) with 5MZA (Global RMSD=6.46)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104345

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 3181

Non-coding: 706 | Synonymous: 580 | Nonsynonymous: 1858 | Stop Codon: 37

Protein Information

Protein Length: 2287 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 258.476

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A1K0, A0A5P1A038, A0A5P1A044, A0A5P1A0B3, A0A5P1A0E2, A0A5P1A0P1, A0A5P1A2F3, A3R6U2, O60991

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.12

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004258 Duffy-binding-like domain
InterPro IPR008602 Duffy-antigen binding
InterPro IPR029210 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1, N-terminal segment
InterPro IPR029211 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1, acidic terminal segment
InterPro IPR041480 Cysteine-rich interdomain region 1 gamma
PFam PF03011 Duffy-binding-like domain
PFam PF05424 Duffy-antigen binding
PFam PF15445 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1, acidic terminal segment
PFam PF15447 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1, N-terminal segment
PFam PF18562 Cysteine-rich interdomain region 1 gamma
Superfamily SSF140924 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