About Gene List

PF3D7_1412500 (ACT2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:506,478..509,453(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: actin II

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005884 actin filament
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0000146 microfilament motor activity
Function GO:0005200 structural constituent of cytoskeleton
Process GO:0070359 actin polymerization-dependent cell motility involved in migration of symbiont in host
Process GO:0007010 cytoskeleton organization

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 0.20 0.90
Trophozoite expressed 0.21 0.88
Schizont expressed 0.02 0.99
Gametocyte expressed 0.40 0.76

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1412500

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: 0.79 | MFS: -2.191 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1459300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.17 ± 0.15
  • Confidence: 5.12

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1030100)

Modification: Mutated | RMgm-5278

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILW9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TAD (beta-methylene-thiazole-4-carboxyamide-adenine dinucleotide, Local RMSD=0.06) with 3BUZ (Global RMSD=1.26)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P60010 Actin [R335K] HOGENOM, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL SCHEMBL1889389Latrunculin ASCHEMBL1889389Latrunculin A...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100127

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P63261

TM-align score: 1.00 | RMSD: 0.45

Seq Identity: 0.76 | Length: 375 / 376

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000075624 actin beta
ENSG00000107796 actin alpha 2, smooth muscle
ENSG00000143632 actin alpha 1, skeletal muscle
ENSG00000159251 actin alpha cardiac muscle 1
ENSG00000163017 actin gamma 2, smooth muscle
ENSG00000166351 POTE ankyrin domain family member D
ENSG00000169067 actin beta like 2
ENSG00000183206 POTE ankyrin domain family member C
ENSG00000184009 actin gamma 1
ENSG00000187537 POTE ankyrin domain family member G
ENSG00000188219 POTE ankyrin domain family member E
ENSG00000196604 POTE ankyrin domain family member F
ENSG00000196834 POTE ankyrin domain family member I
ENSG00000198062 POTE ankyrin domain family member H
ENSG00000222036 POTE ankyrin domain family member M
ENSG00000222038 POTE ankyrin domain family member J
ENSG00000230031 POTE ankyrin domain family member B2
ENSG00000233917 POTE ankyrin domain family member B
ENSG00000276760 POTE ankyrin domain family member B-like
ENSG00000277630 POTE ankyrin domain family member D-like
ENSG00000278522 POTE ankyrin domain family member B3
ENSG00000278699 POTE ankyrin domain family member B3
ENSG00000288113 POTE ankyrin domain family member B2
ENSG00000288142 POTE ankyrin domain family member B
ENSG00000288347 POTE ankyrin domain family member B

Protein Information

Protein Length: 376 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 42.606

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A3N9, Q8ILW9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.01

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004000 Actin family
InterPro IPR004001 Actin, conserved site
InterPro IPR020902 Actin/actin-like conserved site
InterPro IPR043129 ATPase, nucleotide binding domain
PFam PF00022 Actin family
Superfamily SSF53067 ATPase, nucleotide binding domain

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 29 8 23
disruptive 1 2 2 12
missense 1 2 2 10

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 50 10 20
disruptive 1 9 18 81
missense 1 6 16 56

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 108

Non-coding: 92 | Synonymous: 15 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
2459617 Extremely diverged actin proteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Wesseling JG, Smits MA, Schoenmakers JG 10.1016/0166-6851(88)90107-7
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
24743229 Structural differences explain diverse functions of Plasmodium actins. Vahokoski J, Bhargav SP, ..., Kursula I 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004091
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
34537287 Gene editing in Plasmodium berghei made easy: Development of a CRISPR/Cas9protocol using linear donor template and ribozymes for sgRNA generation Deligianni E, Kiamos IS 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2021.111415