About Gene List

PF3D7_1419900 (YTH1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:825,465..827,532(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: YTH domain-containing protein 1, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005654 nucleoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:1990247 N6-methyladenosine-containing RNA binding
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Process GO:0000398 mRNA splicing, via spliceosome
Process GO:0048024 regulation of mRNA splicing, via spliceosome

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 0.34 0.83
Trophozoite not expressed 0.17 0.89
Schizont not expressed 0.09 0.94
Gametocyte not expressed 0.22 0.86

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1419900

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: 0.119 | MFS: -2.98 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILQ1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 6MD (n-methyladenosine, Local RMSD=0.16) with 4RDN (Global RMSD=1.96)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_119550

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 17 10 40
disruptive 4 29 31 71
missense 3 25 29 59

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 42 20 41
disruptive 7 103 61 133
missense 5 86 54 94

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 75

Non-coding: 57 | Synonymous: 14 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 572 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 67.167

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILQ1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.29

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007275 YTH domain
PFam PF04146 YTH domain
Superfamily N/A 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
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
31384004 Transcriptome-wide dynamics of extensive m(6)A mRNA methylation during Plasmodiumfalciparum blood-stage development. Baumgarten S, Bryant JM, ..., Scherf A 10.1038/s41564-019-0521-7
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
32930954 (1)H, (13)C and (15)N resonance assignment of the YTH domain of YTHDC2 He F, Endo R, ..., Muto Y 10.1007/s12104-020-09974-3
9535662 Coupling termination of transcription to messenger RNA maturation in yeast Birse CE, Minvielle-Sebastia L, ..., Proudfoot NJ 10.1126/science.280.5361.298
9224719 The 30-kD subunit of mammalian cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factorand its yeast homolog are RNA-binding zinc finger proteins Barabino SM, Hubner W, ..., Keller W 10.1101/gad.11.13.1703
34324585 m6A RNA methylation facilitates pre-mRNA 3'-end formation and is essential forviability of Toxoplasma gondii Holmes MJ, Padgett LR, Bastos MS, Sullivan WJ Jr 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009335
24206186 A novel protein, Pho92, has a conserved YTH domain and regulates phosphatemetabolism by decreasing the mRNA stability of PHO4 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kang HJ, Jeong SJ, ..., Yun CW 10.1042/BJ20130862
38316392 Reading the epitranscriptome of the human malaria parasite Govindaraju G, Rajavelu A 10.1016/j.bj.2024.100703
10523662 Pta1, a component of yeast CF II, is required for both cleavage and poly(A)addition of mRNA precursor Zhao J, Kessler M, ..., Moore C 10.1128/MCB.19.11.7733