About Gene List

PF3D7_1353500 (TFB4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,143,723..2,145,387(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: RNA polymerase II transcription factor B subunit 4, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.7.6 (DNA-directed RNA polymerase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000439 transcription factor TFIIH core complex
Component GO:0005675 transcription factor TFIIH holo complex
Process GO:0006289 nucleotide-excision repair
Process GO:0070816 phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain

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 not expressed 0.06 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.21 0.86
Schizont not expressed 0.03 0.98
Gametocyte not expressed 0.12 0.93

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1353500

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: -2.95 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1130100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.39 ± 0.51
  • Confidence: 2.74

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDG5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.7.6 DNA-directed RNA polymerase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103072

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A087WYD5

TM-align score: 0.76 | RMSD: 2.33

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 142 / 326

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000111358 general transcription factor IIH subunit 3

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 21 16 27
disruptive 4 12 14 41
missense 3 11 13 39

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 45 16 31
disruptive 7 42 52 78
missense 3 37 44 54

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 66

Non-coding: 51 | Synonymous: 13 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 326 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 38.319

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDG5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.74

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004600 TFIIH subunit Tfb4/GTF2H3
PFam PF03850 TFIIH subunit Tfb4/GTF2H3
Superfamily N/A N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
10506223 The TFB4 subunit of yeast TFIIH is required for both nucleotide excision repairand RNA polymerase II transcription Feaver WJ, Huang W, Friedberg EC 10.1074/jbc.274.41.29564
27381459 Function of Conserved Topological Regions within the Saccharomyces cerevisiaeBasal Transcription Factor TFIIH Warfield L, Luo J, Ranish J, Hahn S 10.1128/MCB.00182-16
14500720 Revised subunit structure of yeast transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) andreconciliation with human TFIIH Takagi Y, Komori H, ..., Kornberg RD 10.1074/jbc.C300417200
10681587 Subunit interactions in yeast transcription/repair factor TFIIH. Requirement forTfb3 subunit in nucleotide excision repair Feaver WJ, Huang W, ..., Friedberg EC 10.1074/jbc.275.8.5941
9235928 Genes for Tfb2, Tfb3, and Tfb4 subunits of yeast transcription/repair factor IIH.Homology to human cyclin-dependent kinase activating kinase and IIH subunits Feaver WJ, Henry NL, ..., Kornberg RD 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19319