About Gene List

PF3D7_1452500 (STX6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,151,389..2,154,604(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: syntaxin-6, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0031201 SNARE complex
Component GO:0012505 endomembrane system
Component GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Component GO:0005802 trans-Golgi network
Function GO:0005484 SNAP receptor activity
Function GO:0000149 SNARE binding
Process GO:0006886 intracellular protein transport
Process GO:0048278 vesicle docking
Process GO:0006906 vesicle fusion
Process GO:0016192 vesicle-mediated transport

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 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite not expressed 0.17 0.89
Schizont expressed 0.31 0.79
Gametocyte expressed 0.37 0.78

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1452500

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: 0.128 | MFS: -3.041 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1316200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± nan
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKV1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101619

Most Similar Human Ortholog: F6RTM7

TM-align score: 0.77 | RMSD: 2.12

Seq Identity: 0.07 | Length: 72 / 211

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000104915 syntaxin 10
ENSG00000135823 syntaxin 6

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

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

Any inclusion in genotype call

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

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 209

Non-coding: 197 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 211 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 24.7

UniProt ID(s): Q0ZAG2, Q8IKV1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.77

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000727 Target SNARE coiled-coil homology domain
InterPro IPR010989 SNARE
InterPro IPR015260 Syntaxin 6, N-terminal
PFam PF09177 Syntaxin 6, N-terminal
Superfamily SSF47661 SNARE
Superfamily SSF58038

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
23962112 Toxoplasma gondii Syntaxin 6 is required for vesicular transport betweenendosomal-like compartments and the Golgi complex. Jackson AJ, Clucas C, ..., Meissner M 10.1111/tra.12102