About Gene List

PF3D7_1440800 (MFS6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,665,064..1,668,100(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: major facilitator superfamily domain-containing protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 12

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast

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 0.03 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.13 0.91
Schizont expressed 0.05 0.96
Gametocyte expressed 0.10 0.93

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1440800

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.964 | MFS: -1.891 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1304700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.52 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.22

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PbANKA_1304700)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-4343

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL62

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TAM (tris(hydroxyethyl)aminomethane, Local RMSD=0.16) with 4CZ8 (Global RMSD=16.04)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104565

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q14728

TM-align score: 0.76 | RMSD: 3.22

Seq Identity: 0.16 | Length: 383 / 582

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000109736 major facilitator superfamily domain containing 10

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 18 18 36
disruptive 24 66 30 60
missense 17 58 28 49

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 49 21 36
disruptive 45 122 52 133
missense 33 102 42 94

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 190

Non-coding: 150 | Synonymous: 23 | Nonsynonymous: 17 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 582 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 68.09

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL62

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.79

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR011701 Major facilitator superfamily
InterPro IPR036259 MFS transporter superfamily
PFam PF07690 Major facilitator superfamily
Superfamily SSF103473 MFS transporter superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
11152613 Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: applicationto complete genomes. Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4315
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
28902970 A genetic screen in rodent malaria parasites identifies five new apicoplastputative membrane transporters, one of which is essential in human malariaparasites Sayers CP, Mollard V, ..., Goodman CD 10.1111/cmi.12789
35404116 PMRT1, a Plasmodium-Specific Parasite Plasma Membrane Transporter, Is Essentialfor Asexual and Sexual Blood Stage Development. Wichers JS, Mesen-Ramirez P, ..., Strauss J 10.1128/mbio.00623-22