About Gene List

PF3D7_1426000 (RPL21)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,015,470..1,017,199(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S ribosomal protein L21

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022625 cytosolic large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0006412 translation

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 expressed 1.59 0.39
Trophozoite expressed 1.96 0.25
Schizont expressed 0.35 0.79
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.88 0.55

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1426000

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: 0.27 | MFS: -3.417 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILK3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100663

Most Similar Human Ortholog: M0R181

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 0.73

Seq Identity: 0.47 | Length: 122 / 161

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000122026 ribosomal protein L21

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 1 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 1 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 131

Non-coding: 129 | Synonymous: 2 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 161 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 18.795

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILK3

PDB ID(s): 3J79, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP, 5UMD

Isoelectric Point: 10.67

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001147 Ribosomal protein L21e
InterPro IPR008991 Translation protein SH3-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR018259 Ribosomal protein L21e, conserved site
PFam PF01157 Ribosomal protein L21e
Superfamily SSF50104 Translation protein SH3-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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
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
24913268 Cryo-E M structure of the Plasmodium falciparum 80 S ribosome bound to theanti-protozoan drug emetine Wong W, Bai XC, ..., Scheres SH 10.7554/eLife.03080
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
28728781 A yeast two-hybrid assay reveals CMYA1 interacting proteins Xin X, Wang T, ..., Guo H 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.06.003