About Gene List

PF3D7_1421900 (CTR2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:890,541..891,622(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: copper transporter, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 4

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Function GO:0005375 copper ion transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0006878 cellular copper ion homeostasis

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 possibly expressed 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.11 0.92
Schizont expressed 0.23 0.83
Gametocyte expressed 0.06 0.96

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1421900

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: 0.124 | MFS: -2.986 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1021500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1386

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILN2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_117238

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O15432

TM-align score: 0.66 | RMSD: 3.13

Seq Identity: 0.22 | Length: 116 / 160

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000136867 solute carrier family 31 member 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 3 4 14
disruptive 3 13 5 26
missense 3 13 3 23

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 11 10 17
disruptive 7 36 17 41
missense 3 32 13 32

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 32

Non-coding: 21 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 160 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 18.752

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILN2, Q9NFF8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.22

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007274 Ctr copper transporter
PFam PF04145 Ctr copper transporter
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