About Gene List

PF3D7_1327300 (SPM3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,145,298..1,152,588(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: subpellicular microtubule protein 3

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0020025 subpellicular microtubule
Process GO:0000902 cell morphogenesis
Process GO:0048870 cell motility

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 possibly expressed 0.61 0.81
Trophozoite expressed 0.23 0.89
Schizont expressed 0.55 0.83
Gametocyte expressed 2.74 0.12

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1327300

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: -0.897 | #Insertions: 7

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1342500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.93 ± 0.27
  • Confidence: 4.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1342500)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-5265

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A5K1K8E0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_532685

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 48 31 78
disruptive 88 228 104 263
missense 63 186 92 213

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 18 95 54 96
disruptive 142 399 167 353
missense 89 321 140 273

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 330

Non-coding: 131 | Synonymous: 88 | Nonsynonymous: 111 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1795 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 205.477

UniProt ID(s): A0A5K1K8E0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.91

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
28759593 Proteogenomic analysis of the total and surface-exposed proteomes of Plasmodiumvivax salivary gland sporozoites. Swearingen KE, Lindner SE, ..., Mikolajczak SA https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28759593/
36625655 A Microtubule-Associated Protein Is Essential for Malaria Parasite Transmission Wichers-Misterek JS, Binder AM, ..., Gilberger TW 10.1128/mbio.03318-22