About Gene List

PF3D7_1413500 (SufC)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:536,446..538,247(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: iron-sulfur cluster assembly protein SufC

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:1990229 iron-sulfur cluster assembly complex
Function GO:0016887 ATP hydrolysis activity
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0016226 iron-sulfur cluster assembly

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 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.26 0.83
Schizont expressed 0.13 0.91
Gametocyte not expressed 0.09 0.94

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1413500

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: 0.139 | MFS: -2.886 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1029200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.09 ± 0.20
  • Confidence: 4.57

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_1031600)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4781

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILW0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NOV (4-hydroxy-3-[4-hydroxy-3-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)benzamido]-8-methylcoumarin-7-yl 3-o-carbamoyl-5,5-di-c-methyl-alpha-l-lyxofuranoside, Local RMSD=0.09) with 6B89 (Global RMSD=2.77)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104295

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 19 12 15
disruptive 2 16 18 44
missense 2 16 17 42

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 40 9 24
disruptive 6 59 29 85
missense 6 45 27 63

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 119

Non-coding: 107 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 347 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.273

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILW0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.34

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003439 ABC transporter-like
InterPro IPR010230 FeS cluster assembly SUF system, ATPase SufC
InterPro IPR017871 ABC transporter, conserved site
InterPro IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
PFam PF00005 ABC transporter-like
Superfamily SSF52540 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase

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
21722645 Interaction between sulphur mobilisation proteins SufB and SufC: evidence for aniron-sulphur cluster biogenesis pathway in the apicoplast of Plasmodiumfalciparum. Kumar B, Chaubey S, ..., Habib S 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.05.006
24086138 The suf iron-sulfur cluster synthesis pathway is required for apicoplastmaintenance in malaria parasites. Gisselberg JE, Dellibovi-Ragheb TA, ..., Prigge ST 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003655
28695709 [Fe-S] cluster assembly in the apicoplast and its indispensability in mosquitostages of the malaria parasite. Charan M, Choudhary HH, ..., Habib S 10.1111/febs.14159
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
35810787 Disrupting the plastidic iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis pathway in Toxoplasmagondii has pleiotropic effects irreversibly impacting parasite viability Renaud EA, Pamukcu S, ..., Besteiro S 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102243