About Gene List

PF3D7_1357000

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,265,717..2,269,459(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: elongation factor 1-alpha

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005853 eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 complex
Component GO:0020030 infected host cell surface knob
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003924 GTPase activity
Function GO:0003746 translation elongation factor activity
Process GO:0006412 translation
Process GO:0006414 translational elongation

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 0.77 0.66
Trophozoite expressed 1.21 0.43
Schizont expressed 0.21 0.86
Gametocyte expressed 0.32 0.82

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1357000

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: 0.184 | MFS: -2.892 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1133400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.85 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.61

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1133300)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-174

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: N/A

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100227

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P68104

TM-align score: 0.99 | RMSD: 1.16

Seq Identity: 0.71 | Length: 443 / 443

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000101210 eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 2
ENSG00000156508 eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1 alpha 1

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 106

Non-coding: 73 | Synonymous: 23 | Nonsynonymous: 10 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 443 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 48.959

UniProt ID(s): Q8I0P6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.6

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000795 Transcription factor, GTP-binding domain
InterPro IPR004160 Translation elongation factor EFTu/EF1A, C-terminal
InterPro IPR004161 Translation elongation factor EFTu-like, domain 2
InterPro IPR004539 Translation elongation factor EF1A, eukaryotic/archaeal
InterPro IPR009000 Translation protein, beta-barrel domain superfamily
InterPro IPR009001 Translation elongation factor EF1A/initiation factor IF2gamma, C-terminal
InterPro IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
InterPro IPR031157 Tr-type G domain, conserved site
PFam PF00009 Transcription factor, GTP-binding domain
PFam PF03143 Translation elongation factor EFTu/EF1A, C-terminal
PFam PF03144 Translation elongation factor EFTu-like, domain 2
Superfamily SSF50447 Translation protein, beta-barrel domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF50465 Translation elongation factor EF1A/initiation factor IF2gamma, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF52540 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase

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
28981210 Proteome and Structural Organization of the Knob Complex on the Surface of thePlasmodium Infected Red Blood Cell. Alampalli SV, Grover M, ..., Acharya P 10.1002/prca.201600177
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21