About Gene List

PF3D7_1346300 (ALBA2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,848,215..1,851,281(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba 2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 2.48 0.17
Trophozoite expressed 1.89 0.22
Schizont expressed 0.57 0.68
Gametocyte expressed 0.60 0.69

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1346300

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: 0.983 | MFS: -1.756 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1359200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.68 ± 0.37
  • Confidence: 3.36

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1359200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3694

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDN4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533257

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 140

Non-coding: 128 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 211 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 24.984

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDN4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.95

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002775 DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba-like
InterPro IPR036882 Alba-like domain superfamily
PFam PF01918 DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba-like
Superfamily SSF82704 Alba-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
22167473 PfAlbas constitute a new eukaryotic DNA/RNA-binding protein family in malariaparasites. Chene A, Vembar SS, ..., Scherf A 10.1093/nar/gkr1215
27381095 The mRNA-bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bunnik EM, Batugedara G, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1186/s13059-016-1014-0
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
21811616 Alba-domain proteins of Trypanosoma brucei are cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteinsthat interact with the translation machinery Mani J, Guttinger A, ..., Roditi I 10.1371/journal.pone.0022463