About Gene List

PF3D7_1333700 (CenH3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,378,294..1,380,973(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone H3-like centromeric protein CSE4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000775 chromosome, centromeric region
Component GO:0034399 nuclear periphery
Component GO:0000786 nucleosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Process GO:0006333 chromatin assembly or disassembly
Process GO:0007059 chromosome segregation

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 0.06 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.24 0.84
Schizont expressed 0.47 0.70
Gametocyte expressed 0.50 0.74

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1333700

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: 0.408 | MFS: -2.685 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1348400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± 0.34
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDZ1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_205727

No human ortholog(s)

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 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 1
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 148

Non-coding: 145 | Synonymous: 2 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 170 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 19.628

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDZ1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.31

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000164 Histone H3/CENP-A
InterPro IPR007125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
InterPro IPR009072 Histone-fold
PFam PF00125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
Superfamily SSF47113 Histone-fold

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
22507744 Plasmodium falciparum centromeres display a unique epigenetic makeup and clusterprior to and during schizogony. Hoeijmakers WA, Flueck C, ..., Bartfai R 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01803.x
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
24316361 Plasmodium falciparum CENH3 is able to functionally complement Cse4p and its,C-terminus is essential for centromere function. Verma G, Surolia N 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2013.11.002