About Gene List

PF3D7_1357700 (UTP21)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,285,945..2,291,193(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: U3 small nucleolar RNA-associated protein 21, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005730 nucleolus
Component GO:0005634 nucleus

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 0.72 0.67
Trophozoite expressed 0.51 0.72
Schizont possibly expressed 0.10 0.94
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.50 0.72

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1357700

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: 0.13 | MFS: -2.866 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1134000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.09 ± 0.06
  • Confidence: 6.88

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A5K1K903

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BU3 ((r,r)-2,3-butanediol, Local RMSD=0.48) with 6YHN (Global RMSD=21.07)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102184

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A0A0MTB8

TM-align score: 0.87 | RMSD: 3.23

Seq Identity: 0.21 | Length: 837 / 1218

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000134987 WD repeat domain 36

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 81 47 98
disruptive 32 182 85 270
missense 32 176 84 259

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 25 148 53 105
disruptive 66 366 163 299
missense 58 342 155 246

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 207

Non-coding: 120 | Synonymous: 51 | Nonsynonymous: 36 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1218 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 143.36

UniProt ID(s): A0A5K1K903

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.33

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007319 Small-subunit processome, Utp21
InterPro IPR011047 Quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase-like superfamily
PFam PF04192 Small-subunit processome, Utp21
Superfamily SSF50998 Quinoprotein alcohol dehydrogenase-like superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
15871019 Novel interaction of the Hsp90 chaperone machine with Ssl2, an essential DNAhelicase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Flom G, Weekes J, Johnson JL 10.1007/s00294-005-0580-6
33789348 Disrupting progression of the yeast Hsp90 folding pathway at different transitionpoints results in client-specific maturation defects Hohrman K, Goncalves D, Morano KA, Johnson JL 10.1093/genetics/iyab009
19150991 Glaucoma-associated WDR36 variants encode functional defects in a yeast modelsystem Footz TK, Johnson JL, ..., Walter MA 10.1093/hmg/ddp027
32524281 Anti-infective nitazoxanide disrupts transcription of ribosome biogenesis-relatedgenes in yeast Xu S, Yamamoto N 10.1007/s13258-020-00958-0