About Gene List

PF3D7_1369000 (GPAA1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,742,329..2,746,396(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment 1 protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 8

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0042765 GPI-anchor transamidase complex
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Process GO:0016255 attachment of GPI anchor to protein

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 0.24 0.88
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.26 0.84
Schizont expressed 0.14 0.91
Gametocyte not expressed 0.17 0.89

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1369000

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: 0.119 | MFS: -3.007 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1144900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.18 ± 0.22
  • Confidence: 4.39

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H5L4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104164

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O43292

TM-align score: 0.77 | RMSD: 4.05

Seq Identity: 0.15 | Length: 553 / 795

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000197858 glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 53 27 66
disruptive 24 93 58 137
missense 21 92 57 127

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 17 95 43 58
disruptive 35 195 86 218
missense 26 182 81 153

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 220

Non-coding: 158 | Synonymous: 33 | Nonsynonymous: 29 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 795 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 94.673

UniProt ID(s): C0H5L4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007246 GPI transamidase component Gaa1
PFam PF04114 GPI transamidase component Gaa1
Superfamily N/A N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12117963 Genes for glycosylphosphatidylinositol toxin biosynthesis in Plasmodiumfalciparum. Delorenzi M, Sexton A, ..., Schofield L 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4510-4522.2002