About Gene List

PF3D7_1441800 (VPS60)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,702,306..1,704,179(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein 60, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005771 multivesicular body
Process GO:0032511 late endosome to vacuole transport via multivesicular body sorting pathway
Process GO:0006900 vesicle budding from membrane

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 0.07 0.96
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.50 0.70
Schizont possibly expressed 0.27 0.83
Gametocyte expressed 0.53 0.69

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1441800

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: 1 | MFS: 0.401 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0800700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.05 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.14

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A144A3Q5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102352

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NZZ3

TM-align score: 0.55 | RMSD: 3.10

Seq Identity: 0.23 | Length: 138 / 229

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000086065 charged multivesicular body protein 5

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 13 2 11
disruptive 3 22 13 29
missense 3 22 11 26

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 19 9 13
disruptive 9 49 27 55
missense 4 41 21 38

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 95

Non-coding: 84 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 229 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 26.757

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A3Q5, Q8IL52

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.78

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR005024 Snf7 family
PFam PF03357 Snf7 family
Superfamily N/A 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
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21
27924850 NMR studies on the interactions between yeast Vta1 and Did2 during themultivesicular bodies sorting pathway Shen J, Yang Z, ..., Cao C 10.1038/srep38710