About Gene List

PF3D7_1338200 (RPL6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,544,563..1,547,358(-)

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:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0002181 cytoplasmic 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 2.20 0.19
Trophozoite expressed 2.03 0.20
Schizont expressed 0.46 0.73
Gametocyte expressed 0.98 0.51

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1338200

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: 0.657 | MFS: -3.612 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1351900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.05 ± 0.04
  • Confidence: 7.75

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A5K1K8V8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101188

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q02878

TM-align score: 0.66 | RMSD: 3.46

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 176 / 221

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000089009 ribosomal protein L6

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 1
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 114

Non-coding: 108 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 221 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 25.532

UniProt ID(s): A0A5K1K8V8

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

Isoelectric Point: 10.82

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000915 60S ribosomal protein L6E
InterPro IPR008991 Translation protein SH3-like domain superfamily
PFam PF01159 60S ribosomal protein L6E
Superfamily SSF50104 Translation protein SH3-like 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
24913268 Cryo-E M structure of the Plasmodium falciparum 80 S ribosome bound to theanti-protozoan drug emetine Wong W, Bai XC, ..., Scheres SH 10.7554/eLife.03080
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
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