About Gene List

PF3D7_1412300 (NTF2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:491,286..492,947(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nuclear transport factor 2, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0044613 nuclear pore central transport channel
Process GO:0006913 nucleocytoplasmic transport
Process GO:0006606 protein import into nucleus

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 1.63 0.34
Trophozoite expressed 2.43 0.11
Schizont expressed 0.94 0.55
Gametocyte expressed 1.51 0.29

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1412300

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.143 | MFS: -3.281 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILX1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101526

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P61970

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 0.98

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 119 / 125

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000102898 nuclear transport factor 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 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: 74

Non-coding: 71 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 125 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 14.438

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILX1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.61

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002075 Nuclear transport factor 2
InterPro IPR018222 Nuclear transport factor 2, eukaryote
InterPro IPR032710 NTF2-like domain superfamily
PFam PF02136 Nuclear transport factor 2
Superfamily SSF54427 NTF2-like domain 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
38195464 Characterization of a nuclear transport factor 2-like domain-containing proteinin Plasmodium berghei Niikura M, Fukutomi T, Mitobe J, Kobayashi F 10.1186/s12936-024-04839-9