About Gene List

PF3D7_1438500 (CPSF3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,557,114..1,561,108(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor subunit 3, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005847 mRNA cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0008409 5'-3' exonuclease activity
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0004521 endoribonuclease activity
Process GO:0006398 mRNA 3'-end processing by stem-loop binding and cleavage
Process GO:0006379 mRNA cleavage
Process GO:0006378 mRNA polyadenylation
Process GO:0009410 response to xenobiotic stimulus

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 possibly expressed 0.37 0.82
Trophozoite expressed 0.38 0.77
Schizont not expressed 0.08 0.95
Gametocyte not expressed 0.35 0.80

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1438500

Resistome Missense Mutations: G289C, Y408N, S444C

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: AN13762, AN13956

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 4 (4 missense, 4 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.121 | MFS: -3.09 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1302400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.01 ± 0.20
  • Confidence: 4.63

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL83

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: U5P (uridine-5'-monophosphate, Local RMSD=0.18) with 3IEL (Global RMSD=2.13)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101260

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9JZH6

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 1.12

Seq Identity: 0.50 | Length: 136 / 876

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000119203 cleavage and polyadenylation specific factor 3

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 40 22 70
disruptive 14 70 55 121
missense 13 68 54 106

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 11 87 50 64
disruptive 19 166 84 208
missense 17 149 73 158

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 115

Non-coding: 60 | Synonymous: 34 | Nonsynonymous: 19 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 876 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 101.185

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL83

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.15

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001279 Metallo-beta-lactamase
InterPro IPR011108 Zn-dependent metallo-hydrolase, RNA specificity domain
InterPro IPR021718 Pre-mRNA 3'-end-processing endonuclease polyadenylation factor C-term
InterPro IPR022712 Beta-Casp domain
InterPro IPR036866 Ribonuclease Z/Hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase-like
PFam PF07521 Zn-dependent metallo-hydrolase, RNA specificity domain
PFam PF10996 Beta-Casp domain
PFam PF11718 Pre-mRNA 3'-end-processing endonuclease polyadenylation factor C-term
PFam PF16661 Metallo-beta-lactamase
Superfamily SSF56281 Ribonuclease Z/Hydroxyacylglutathione hydrolase-like

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
28148555 Targeting Toxoplasma gondii CPSF3 as a new approach to control toxoplasmosis. Palencia A, Bougdour A, ..., Hakimi MA 10.15252/emmm.201607370
28262680 A potent antimalarial benzoxaborole targets a Plasmodium falciparum cleavage andpolyadenylation specificity factor homologue. Sonoiki E, Ng CL, ..., Rosenthal PJ 10.1038/ncomms14574
36288402 Sequences and proteins that influence mRNA processing in Trypanosoma brucei:Evolutionary conservation of SR-domain and PTB protein functions Waithaka A, Maiakovska O, ..., Clayton C 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010876
37967558 Anticancer benzoxaboroles block pre-mRNA processing by directly inhibiting CPSF3 Tao Y, Budhipramono A, ..., Nijhawan D 10.1016/j.chembiol.2023.10.019
37772733 Molecular targets for Chagas disease: validation, challenges and lead compounds for widely exploited targets Laureano de Souza M, Lapierre TJWJD, ..., Ferreira RS 10.1080/14728222.2023.2264512
36304107 Hypothesis-generating proteome perturbation to identify NEU-4438 and acoziborolemodes of action in the African Trypanosome Sharma A, Cipriano M, ..., Mensa-Wilmot K 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105302
35378143 CRISPR/Cas9-based precision tagging of essential genes in bloodstream formAfrican trypanosomes Kovarova J, Novotna M, ..., Horn D 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2022.111476
34752454 Transcriptional differentiation of Trypanosoma brucei during in vitro acquisitionof resistance to acoziborole Steketee PC, Giordani F, ..., Barrett MP 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009939
37992178 Therapeutic targeting of CPSF3-dependent transcriptional termination in ovarian cancer Shen P, Ye K, ..., Zhuang G 10.1126/sciadv.adj0123
37627085 CPSF3 Promotes Pre-mRNA Splicing and Prevents CircRNA Cyclization in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Huang Y, Ji H, ..., Zhu Q 10.3390/cancers15164057