About Gene List

PF3D7_1351000

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,032,016..2,040,395(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphatidylinositol transfer protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 2

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0005548 phospholipid transporter activity

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 possibly expressed 0.73 0.66
Trophozoite expressed 0.64 0.65
Schizont possibly expressed 0.65 0.64
Gametocyte not expressed 0.83 0.57

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1351000

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -1.852 | #Insertions: 5

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDI9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PCW ((z,z)-4-hydroxy-n,n,n-trimethyl-10-oxo-7-[(1-oxo-9-octadecenyl)oxy]-3,5,9-trioxa-4-phosphaheptacos-18-en-1-aminium-4-oxide, Local RMSD=1.19) with 2A1L (Global RMSD=3.00)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103092

Most Similar Human Ortholog: I3L471

TM-align score: 0.92 | RMSD: 1.15

Seq Identity: 0.38 | Length: 97 / 1860

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000174238 phosphatidylinositol transfer protein alpha
ENSG00000180957 phosphatidylinositol transfer protein beta

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 26 144 67 138
disruptive 81 340 219 454
missense 55 285 187 363

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 53 250 84 131
disruptive 148 759 316 615
missense 96 602 241 426

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 357

Non-coding: 159 | Synonymous: 110 | Nonsynonymous: 88 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1860 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 221.105

UniProt ID(s): Q25906, Q8IDI9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.17

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001666 Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein
InterPro IPR001849 Pleckstrin homology domain
InterPro IPR037239 Oxysterol-binding protein superfamily
PFam PF00169 Pleckstrin homology domain
PFam PF02121 Phosphatidylinositol transfer protein
Superfamily SSF144000 Oxysterol-binding protein superfamily
Superfamily SSF50729
Superfamily SSF55961

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