About Gene List

PF3D7_1453700 (P23)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,206,046..2,209,273(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: HSP90 co-chaperone p23

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0051879 Hsp90 protein binding
Function GO:0051087 chaperone binding
Process GO:0051131 chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly
Process GO:0032780 negative regulation of ATP-dependent activity
Process GO:0006457 protein folding

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 1.99 0.24
Trophozoite expressed 2.52 0.12
Schizont expressed 0.53 0.71
Gametocyte expressed 1.97 0.19

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1453700

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: 0.682 | MFS: -3.002 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKU1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADP (adenosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.70) with 2IF8 (Global RMSD=13.20)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101574

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A087WYT3

TM-align score: 0.72 | RMSD: 3.13

Seq Identity: 0.19 | Length: 144 / 275

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000110958 prostaglandin E synthase 3
ENSG00000267060 prostaglandin E synthase 3 like

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 149

Non-coding: 135 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 275 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 30.492

UniProt ID(s): Q25741, Q8IKU1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 3.96

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007052 CS domain
InterPro IPR008978 HSP20-like chaperone
PFam PF04969 CS domain
Superfamily SSF49764 HSP20-like chaperone

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
12756555 A Plasmodium homologue of cochaperone p23 and its differential expression duringthe replicative cycle of the malaria parasite. Wiser MF 10.1007/s00436-003-0835-4
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
20140477 Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum co-chaperone p23: its intrinsicchaperone activity and interaction with Hsp90. Chua CS, Low H, Goo KS, Sim TS 10.1007/s00018-010-0275-0
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
29191421 Comparative studies of the low-resolution structure of two p23 co-chaperones forHsp90 identified in Plasmodium falciparum genome. Silva NSM, Seraphim TV, ..., Borges JC 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.161
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596