About Gene List

PF3D7_1406700 (VPS29)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:244,331..246,273(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 29

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005768 endosome
Component GO:0030904 retromer complex
Process GO:0006886 intracellular protein transport
Process GO:0042147 retrograde transport, endosome to Golgi

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.03 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.28 0.82
Schizont expressed 0.15 0.89
Gametocyte expressed 0.27 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1406700

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: 0.185 | MFS: -2.635 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1035500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.28 ± 0.20
  • Confidence: 4.63

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IM27

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: O4B (1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane, Local RMSD=0.33) with 6XS9 (Global RMSD=1.07)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101343

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9UBQ0

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 1.02

Seq Identity: 0.47 | Length: 182 / 194

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000111237 VPS29 retromer complex component

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 92

Non-coding: 84 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 194 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 21.774

UniProt ID(s): Q8IM27

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.25

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000979 Phosphodiesterase MJ0936/Vps29
InterPro IPR024654 Calcineurin-like phosphoesterase domain, lpxH-type
InterPro IPR028661 Vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 29
PFam PF12850 Calcineurin-like phosphoesterase domain, lpxH-type
Superfamily SSF56300 N/A

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
26690372 Expression, purification and characterization of Plasmodium falciparum vacuolarprotein sorting 29. Iqbal MS, Siddiqui AA, ..., Bandyopadhyay U 10.1016/j.pep.2015.12.004
29654975 Detection of retromer assembly in Plasmodium falciparum by immunosensing coupledto Surface Plasmon Resonance. Iqbal MS, Siddiqui AA, ..., Bandyopadhyay U https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29654975/