About Gene List

PF3D7_1322100 (SET2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:920,884..930,124(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SET2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.43 (Transferred entry: 2.1.1.354)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000785 chromatin
Component GO:0005694 chromosome
Component GO:0034399 nuclear periphery
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003682 chromatin binding
Function GO:0046975 histone methyltransferase activity (H3-K36 specific)
Function GO:0018024 histone-lysine N-methyltransferase activity
Function GO:0031493 nucleosomal histone binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0020033 antigenic variation
Process GO:0010452 histone H3-K36 methylation
Process GO:0097198 histone H3-K36 trimethylation
Process GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated

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 1.78 0.36
Trophozoite expressed 0.73 0.62
Schizont expressed 0.39 0.79
Gametocyte expressed 0.82 0.58

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1322100

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: 0.151 | #Insertions: 10

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IE95

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAM (s-adenosylmethionine, Local RMSD=0.02) with 4IJ8 (Global RMSD=5.15)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.43 histone-lysine N-methyltransferase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_126883

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 23 125 69 164
disruptive 114 360 231 408
missense 68 298 196 327

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 42 236 116 168
disruptive 205 753 328 703
missense 126 591 269 443

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 432

Non-coding: 149 | Synonymous: 167 | Nonsynonymous: 116 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 2548 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 300.714

UniProt ID(s): Q8IE95

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.42

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001214 SET domain
InterPro IPR001965 Zinc finger, PHD-type
PFam PF00856 SET domain
Superfamily SSF82199 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
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
18299133 Histone lysine methyltransferases and demethylases in Plasmodium falciparum. Cui L, Fan Q, Cui L, Miao J 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.01.002
19765590 Potential epigenetic regulatory proteins localise to distinct nuclearsub-compartments in Plasmodium falciparum. Volz J, Carvalho TG, ..., Cowman AF 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.09.002
23823717 PfSETvs methylation of histone H3K36 represses virulence genes in Plasmodiumfalciparum. Jiang L, Mu J, ..., Miller LH 10.1038/nature12361
24391504 Recruitment of PfSET2 by RNA polymerase II to variant antigen encoding locicontributes to antigenic variation in P. falciparum. Ukaegbu UE, Kishore SP, ..., Deitsch KW 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003854
34268135 The Transcription Factor PfAP2-O Influences Virulence Gene Transcription andSexual Development in Plasmodium falciparum. Cubillos EFG, Prata IO, ..., Wunderlich G https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34268135/
34389510 Plasmodium falciparum SET2 domain is allosterically regulated by its PHD-likedomain to methylate at H3K36. Sethumadhavan DV, Govindaraju G, Jabeena CA, Rajavelu A 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2021.194744
37796660 Gcn5- and Bre1-mediated Set2 degradation promotes chronological aging ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae Li YM, Mei YC, ..., Du HN 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113186