About Gene List

PF3D7_1446600 (CEN2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,916,768..1,918,572(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: centrin-2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005814 centriole
Component GO:0005813 centrosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Process GO:0007099 centriole replication
Process GO:0000278 mitotic cell cycle

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.08 0.96
Trophozoite expressed 0.75 0.59
Schizont expressed 1.05 0.45
Gametocyte expressed 0.96 0.50

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1446600

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: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.804 | MFS: -2.081 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1310400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.07 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.94

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL07

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: MPO (3[n-morpholino]propane sulfonic acid, Local RMSD=0.07) with 5I0I (Global RMSD=8.56)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101416

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P41208

TM-align score: 0.42 | RMSD: 2.56

Seq Identity: 0.61 | Length: 78 / 168

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000147400 centrin 2
ENSG00000177143 centrin 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 1
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 1
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 72

Non-coding: 65 | Synonymous: 6 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 168 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 19.311

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL07

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.3

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002048 EF-hand domain
InterPro IPR011992 EF-hand domain pair
InterPro IPR018247 EF-Hand 1, calcium-binding site
PFam PF13499 EF-hand domain
Superfamily SSF47473 EF-hand domain pair

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
18693242 Centrins, cell cycle regulation proteins in human malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Mahajan B, Selvapandiyan A, ..., Kumar S 10.1074/jbc.M800028200
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
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
24336221 Dynamics of yeast histone H2A and H2B phosphorylation in response to adouble-strand break Lee CS, Lee K, Legube G, Haber JE 10.1038/nsmb.2737
28700723 Position effects influencing intrachromosomal repair of a double-strand break inbudding yeast Wang RW, Lee CS, Haber JE 10.1371/journal.pone.0180994
31182647 Centrin2 from the human parasite Toxoplasma gondii is required for its invasionand intracellular replication Leung JM, Liu J, Wetzel LA, Hu K 10.1242/jcs.228791
27560164 Novel Centromeric Loci of the Wine and Beer Yeast Dekkera bruxellensis CEN1 andCEN2 Ishchuk OP, Vojvoda Zeljko T, ..., Piskur J 10.1371/journal.pone.0161741
31206964 The roles of Centrin 2 and Dynein Light Chain 8a in apical secretory organellesdischarge of Toxoplasma gondii Lentini G, Dubois DJ, ..., Frenal K 10.1111/tra.12673