About Gene List

PF3D7_1323100

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:965,440..967,252(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S ribosomal protein L6, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022625 cytosolic large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0015934 large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0002181 cytoplasmic translation
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 1.28 0.48
Trophozoite expressed 1.44 0.36
Schizont expressed 0.34 0.79
Gametocyte expressed 0.79 0.58

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1323100

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: 0.119 | MFS: -3 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1338300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.03 ± 0.04
  • Confidence: 7.85

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IE85

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: C5P (cytidine-5'-monophosphate, Local RMSD=8.21) with 2ZWI (Global RMSD=15.99)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100791

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P32969

TM-align score: 0.99 | RMSD: 0.62

Seq Identity: 0.52 | Length: 190 / 190

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000163682 ribosomal protein L9

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 70

Non-coding: 65 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 190 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 21.602

UniProt ID(s): Q8IE85

PDB ID(s): 3J79, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP, 5UMD

Isoelectric Point: 10.5

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000702 Ribosomal protein L6
InterPro IPR020040 Ribosomal protein L6, alpha-beta domain
InterPro IPR036789 Ribosomal protein L6, alpha-beta domain superfamily
PFam PF00347 Ribosomal protein L6, alpha-beta domain
Superfamily SSF56053 Ribosomal protein L6, alpha-beta 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
28288098 Mefloquine targets the Plasmodium falciparum 80S ribosome to inhibit proteinsynthesis. Wong W, Bai XC, ..., Baum J 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.31
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21