About Gene List

PF3D7_1405400 (MutS)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:185,138..190,524(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: DNA mismatch repair protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0000228 nuclear chromosome
Component GO:0000795 synaptonemal complex
Function GO:0008094 ATP-dependent activity, acting on DNA
Process GO:0000710 meiotic mismatch repair
Process GO:0007131 reciprocal meiotic recombination
Process GO:0000712 resolution of meiotic recombination intermediates

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 possibly expressed 0.43 0.75
Schizont not expressed 0.09 0.95
Gametocyte not expressed 0.26 0.85

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1405400

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: -0.847 | #Insertions: 9

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1036800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.00 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.66

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1036800)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2899

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IM40

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533650

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 100 47 121
disruptive 24 155 107 254
missense 22 151 106 231

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 35 182 69 138
disruptive 55 362 202 370
missense 43 318 180 279

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 211

Non-coding: 114 | Synonymous: 58 | Nonsynonymous: 39 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1515 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 179.831

UniProt ID(s): Q8IM40

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.89

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000432 DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, C-terminal
InterPro IPR007695 DNA mismatch repair protein MutS-like, N-terminal
InterPro IPR016151 DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, N-terminal
InterPro IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
InterPro IPR035901 GIY-YIG endonuclease superfamily
PFam PF01624 DNA mismatch repair protein MutS-like, N-terminal
Superfamily SSF52540 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
Superfamily SSF55271 DNA mismatch repair protein MutS, N-terminal
Superfamily SSF82771 GIY-YIG endonuclease superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
38315739 Nonhomologous tails direct heteroduplex rejection and mismatch correction duringsingle-strand annealing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sapede E, Sugawara N, ..., Haber JE 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010527