About Gene List

PF3D7_1346100 (SEC61A)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,842,673..1,844,921(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein transport protein SEC61 subunit alpha

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 8

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005784 Sec61 translocon complex
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0005789 endoplasmic reticulum membrane
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0008320 protein transmembrane transporter activity
Function GO:0043022 ribosome binding
Function GO:0005048 signal sequence binding
Process GO:0006616 SRP-dependent cotranslational protein targeting to membrane, translocation
Process GO:0031204 posttranslational protein targeting to membrane, translocation

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 0.31 0.85
Trophozoite expressed 0.53 0.69
Schizont expressed 0.32 0.79
Gametocyte expressed 0.36 0.79

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1346100

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.996 | MFS: -2.116 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1359000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.14 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.36

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDN6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100672

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9H9S3

TM-align score: 0.99 | RMSD: 0.65

Seq Identity: 0.67 | Length: 469 / 472

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000058262 SEC61 translocon subunit alpha 1
ENSG00000065665 SEC61 translocon subunit alpha 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 47 18 37
disruptive 1 2 3 24
missense 1 2 3 17

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 94 23 27
disruptive 4 22 28 113
missense 2 13 20 29

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 72

Non-coding: 48 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 8 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 472 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 52.224

UniProt ID(s): O60992, Q8IDN6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.79

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002208 SecY/SEC61-alpha family
InterPro IPR019561 Translocon Sec61/SecY, plug domain
InterPro IPR023201 SecY domain superfamily
InterPro IPR030659 SecY conserved site
PFam PF00344 SecY/SEC61-alpha family
PFam PF10559 Translocon Sec61/SecY, plug domain
Superfamily SSF103491 SecY 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
30127496 Plasmepsin V cleaves malaria effector proteins in a distinct endoplasmicreticulum translocation interactome for export to the erythrocyte. Marapana DS, Dagley LF, ..., Cowman AF 10.1038/s41564-018-0219-2
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