About Gene List

PF3D7_1242400

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,795,820..1,798,227(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: GAS8-like protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
Component GO:0005874 microtubule
Process GO:0034613 cellular protein localization

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 0.03 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.19 0.89
Schizont not expressed 0.13 0.91
Gametocyte not expressed 0.90 0.57

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1242400

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -0.478 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Insufficient data (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1123800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.56 ± 1.04
  • Confidence: 1.31

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I505

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102980

Most Similar Human Ortholog: H3BUA7

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 0.58

Seq Identity: 0.10 | Length: 60 / 450

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000141013 growth arrest specific 8

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 20 7 28
disruptive 6 57 35 66
missense 6 56 35 59

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 40 10 28
disruptive 19 124 46 97
missense 12 116 39 75

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 81

Non-coding: 61 | Synonymous: 11 | Nonsynonymous: 9 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 450 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 54.806

UniProt ID(s): Q8I505

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.26

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR025593 Growth arrest-specific protein 8 domain
InterPro IPR039308 Growth arrest-specific protein 8
PFam PF13851 Growth arrest-specific protein 8 domain
Superfamily N/A 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