About Gene List

PF3D7_1341200

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,633,454..1,635,827(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S ribosomal protein L18, 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:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
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 not expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 1.16 0.51
Trophozoite expressed 1.41 0.37
Schizont expressed 0.20 0.87
Gametocyte expressed 0.43 0.76

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1341200

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: 0.12 | MFS: -3.117 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1354400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.05 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.61

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDS6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101208

Most Similar Human Ortholog: M0R3D6

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 1.10

Seq Identity: 0.50 | Length: 141 / 184

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000105640 ribosomal protein L18a

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

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

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 139

Non-coding: 113 | Synonymous: 20 | Nonsynonymous: 6 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 184 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 21.746

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDS6

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

Isoelectric Point: 11.25

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR021138 60S ribosomal protein L18a/ L20, eukaryotes
InterPro IPR023573 Ribosomal protein 50S-L18Ae/60S-L20/60S-L18A
InterPro IPR028877 50S ribosomal protein L18Ae/60S ribosomal protein L20 and L18a
PFam PF01775 Ribosomal protein 50S-L18Ae/60S-L20/60S-L18A
Superfamily SSF160374 N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596