About Gene List

PF3D7_1245400

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,894,910..1,896,390(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 50S ribosomal protein L3, mitochondrial, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005762 mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0006412 translation

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 0.15 0.92
Trophozoite expressed 0.39 0.76
Schizont expressed 0.16 0.90
Gametocyte expressed 0.43 0.75

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1245400

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: 0.277 | MFS: -2.703 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1458600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.18 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.39

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I4X7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: LPA (lipoic acid, Local RMSD=23.37) with 5T8U (Global RMSD=22.31)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100949

Most Similar Human Ortholog: D6RC14

TM-align score: 0.93 | RMSD: 1.17

Seq Identity: 0.27 | Length: 153 / 341

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000114686 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L3

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 20 11 24
disruptive 2 11 14 29
missense 2 11 12 22

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 46 8 24
disruptive 7 35 16 59
missense 4 22 12 47

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 64

Non-coding: 56 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 341 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 39.766

UniProt ID(s): Q8I4X7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.43

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000597 Ribosomal protein L3
InterPro IPR009000 Translation protein, beta-barrel domain superfamily
InterPro IPR019927 Ribosomal protein L3, bacterial/organelle-type
PFam PF00297 Ribosomal protein L3
Superfamily SSF50447 Translation protein, beta-barrel 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
31339607 Identification of the Toxoplasma gondii mitochondrial ribosome, andcharacterisation of a protein essential for mitochondrial translation. Lacombe A, Maclean AE, ..., Sheiner L 10.1111/mmi.14357
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21