About Gene List

PF3D7_1441000 (NCS2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,669,946..1,673,071(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cytoplasmic tRNA 2-thiolation protein 2, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0016783 sulfurtransferase activity
Process GO:0034227 tRNA thio-modification
Process GO:0002143 tRNA wobble position uridine thiolation

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 0.31 0.85
Trophozoite not expressed 0.34 0.80
Schizont possibly expressed 0.04 0.97
Gametocyte not expressed 0.18 0.90

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1441000

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: 0.826 | MFS: -2.936 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1304900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.14 ± 0.06
  • Confidence: 7.18

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL60

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_532349

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 25 12 26
disruptive 8 71 33 99
missense 8 69 32 91

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 44 26 34
disruptive 16 154 61 131
missense 14 140 52 104

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 107

Non-coding: 83 | Synonymous: 13 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 556 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 65.861

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL60

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.21

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR019407 Cytoplasmic tRNA 2-thiolation protein 2
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF52402 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
37462076 Ncs2* mediates in vivo virulence of pathogenic yeast through sulphur modificationof cytoplasmic transfer RNA Alings F, Scharmann K, ..., Leidel SA 10.1093/nar/gkad564