About Gene List

PF3D7_1428600 (RF1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,126,538..1,129,101(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: peptide chain release factor 1

SignalP Peptide: MKKLLFFFYCYIWFDLFVHVSNF

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.1.1.29 (Aminoacyl-tRNA hydrolase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0043022 ribosome binding
Function GO:0003747 translation release factor activity
Process GO:0006415 translational termination

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 0.17 0.88
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.25 0.85

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1428600

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: 0.615 | MFS: -2.828 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1016100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.03 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.10

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1016100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2795

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILH8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADE (adenine, Local RMSD=0.22) with 4L0M (Global RMSD=18.67)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.1.1.29 aminoacyl-tRNA hydrolase EDTAtRNAtRNALystRNAfMettRNA-lysine5-azacytidine70 S ribosomeUncharged tRNAdeacetylated tRNAdiethyldicarbonatenon-esterified tRNALystRNA-formyl-methionine...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101033

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5TF45

TM-align score: 0.54 | RMSD: 4.59

Seq Identity: 0.36 | Length: 139 / 304

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000112031 mitochondrial translational release factor 1 like

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 9 8 18
disruptive 6 23 12 38
missense 6 21 11 32

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 26 15 20
disruptive 12 52 28 73
missense 8 43 25 53

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 129

Non-coding: 115 | Synonymous: 10 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 304 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 36.437

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILH8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.23

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000352 Peptide chain release factor class I
InterPro IPR005139 Peptide chain release factor
PFam PF00472 Peptide chain release factor class I
PFam PF03462 Peptide chain release factor
Superfamily SSF75620 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
26946524 Polypeptide release factors and stop codon recognition in the apicoplast andmitochondrion of Plasmodium falciparum. Vaishya S, Kumar V, ..., Habib S 10.1111/mmi.13369
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