About Gene List

PF3D7_1439500 (ORP2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,606,643..1,611,876(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: oocyst rupture protein 2, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0071944 cell periphery
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0001228 DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific
Function GO:0000978 RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
Process GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated

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 0.78 0.66
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.18 0.89
Schizont expressed 1.04 0.46
Gametocyte not expressed 0.29 0.83

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1439500

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.492 | #Insertions: 9

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1303400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.93 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.67

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1303400)

Modification: Mutated | RMgm-4560

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL74

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101766

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5T6K7

TM-align score: 0.77 | RMSD: 2.60

Seq Identity: 0.46 | Length: 116 / 1074

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000066136 nuclear transcription factor Y subunit gamma

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 53 32 63
disruptive 74 192 90 202
missense 37 144 65 147

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 115 52 60
disruptive 123 399 171 397
missense 66 296 116 181

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 381

Non-coding: 153 | Synonymous: 116 | Nonsynonymous: 112 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1074 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 123.019

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL74

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.17

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
InterPro IPR009072 Histone-fold
PFam PF00125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
Superfamily SSF47113 Histone-fold

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
27982038 Release of Plasmodium sporozoites requires proteins with histone-folddimerization domains. Curra C, Gessmann R, ..., Siden-Kiamos I 10.1038/ncomms13846
30287363 Extraction, preliminary characterization and in vitro antioxidant activity ofpolysaccharides from Oudemansiella radicata mushroom Wang Y, Jia J, ..., Zhang Q 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.09.209
30391497 Identification of Plasmodium berghei Oocyst Rupture Protein 2 (ORP2) domainsinvolved in sporozoite egress from the oocyst Siden-Kiamos I, Pace T, ..., Curra C 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.09.004