About Gene List

PF3D7_1442300 (tRIP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,712,163..1,714,843(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tRNA import protein tRIP

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0004812 aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity
Process GO:0006418 tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation

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 0.82 0.62
Trophozoite expressed 1.09 0.45
Schizont expressed 0.21 0.86
Gametocyte expressed 0.49 0.73

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1442300

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: 0.417 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1306200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.52 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.34

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1306200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3435

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL48

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ATP (adenosine-5'-triphosphate, Local RMSD=2.00) with 4UP9 (Global RMSD=15.55)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P56192 Methionine--tRNA ligase, cytoplasmic Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL308349CHEMBL308349CHEMBL72005CHEMBL72005...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100893

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q12904

TM-align score: 0.61 | RMSD: 3.42

Seq Identity: 0.30 | Length: 219 / 402

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000164022 aminoacyl tRNA synthetase complex interacting multifunctional protein 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 402 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 46.441

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL48

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.23

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002547 tRNA-binding domain
InterPro IPR012340 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold
InterPro IPR036282 Glutathione S-transferase, C-terminal domain superfamily
PFam PF01588 tRNA-binding domain
Superfamily SSF47616 Glutathione S-transferase, C-terminal domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF50249 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 21 14 32
disruptive 8 33 23 61
missense 8 32 23 59

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 42 24 45
disruptive 13 82 39 106
missense 13 76 38 81

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 122

Non-coding: 101 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 9 | Stop Codon: 0

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
27071116 Apicomplexa-specific tRip facilitates import of exogenous tRNAs into malariaparasites. Bour T, Mahmoudi N, ..., Frugier M 10.1073/pnas.1600476113
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
34530443 Identification of host tRNAs preferentially recognized by the Plasmodium surfaceprotein tRip. Cela M, Theobald-Dietrich A, ..., Frugier M 10.1093/nar/gkab769