About Gene List

PF3D7_1246800 (SRPRB)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,940,990..1,942,955(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: signal recognition particle receptor subunit beta, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005785 signal recognition particle receptor complex
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Process GO:0045047 protein targeting to ER

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 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.68 0.61
Schizont expressed 0.24 0.83
Gametocyte expressed 0.22 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1246800

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: 0.995 | MFS: -2.643 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1459900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.06 ± 0.03
  • Confidence: 8.51

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I4W4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: GDP (guanosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.32) with 6A8D (Global RMSD=5.82)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103000

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9Y5M8

TM-align score: 0.80 | RMSD: 2.37

Seq Identity: 0.25 | Length: 228 / 261

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000144867 SRP receptor subunit beta

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 24 9 14
disruptive 5 8 6 17
missense 5 8 6 16

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 34 10 14
disruptive 7 37 23 64
missense 7 25 17 42

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 86

Non-coding: 71 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 261 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 30.624

UniProt ID(s): Q8I4W4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.15

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006689 Small GTPase superfamily, ARF/SAR type
InterPro IPR019009 Signal recognition particle receptor, beta subunit
InterPro IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
PFam PF09439 Signal recognition particle receptor, beta subunit
Superfamily SSF52540 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase

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
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21