About Gene List

PF3D7_1306900 (SNRPA)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:322,848..325,071(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein A, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005685 U1 snRNP
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0005681 spliceosomal complex
Function GO:0030619 U1 snRNA binding
Process GO:0000398 mRNA splicing, via spliceosome

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 0.31 0.84
Trophozoite expressed 0.31 0.80
Schizont expressed 0.12 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.35 0.79

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1306900

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: 0.192 | MFS: -2.789 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1405400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.18 ± 0.29
  • Confidence: 3.89

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H5A4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 15P (peg 1500, Local RMSD=0.09) with 6F4J (Global RMSD=3.52)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100753

Most Similar Human Ortholog: M0R0G9

TM-align score: 0.92 | RMSD: 1.63

Seq Identity: 0.39 | Length: 87 / 449

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000077312 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide A
ENSG00000125870 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide B2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 20 10 33
disruptive 11 44 33 70
missense 10 43 31 62

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 49 22 34
disruptive 17 107 63 124
missense 13 95 56 84

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 75

Non-coding: 53 | Synonymous: 14 | Nonsynonymous: 8 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 449 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 51.939

UniProt ID(s): C0H5A4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.68

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000504 RNA recognition motif domain
InterPro IPR035979 RNA-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00076 RNA recognition motif domain
Superfamily SSF54928 RNA-binding domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
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
32629040 The Small Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein Polypeptide A (SNRPA) binds to theG-quadruplex of the BAG-1 5'UTR Bolduc F, Turcotte MA, Perreault JP 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.06.013
35392763 LINC01088 promotes the growth and invasion of glioma cells through regulating small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide A transcription Peng T, Chen DL, Chen SL 10.1080/21655979.2022.2051786