About Gene List

PF3D7_1457300

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,345,717..2,349,411(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: MA3 domain-containing protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0031369 translation initiation factor binding

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 1.21 0.48
Trophozoite expressed 1.13 0.44
Schizont expressed 0.27 0.84
Gametocyte expressed 0.42 0.76

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1457300

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: 0.12 | MFS: -3.046 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1321000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.04 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.47

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1321000)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3509

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKQ7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q53EL6 Programmed cell death protein 4 Homo sapiens OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST Cryptocaryol ACryptocaryol BCryptocaryol CCryptocaryol D...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103300

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5VZS7

TM-align score: 0.40 | RMSD: 4.18

Seq Identity: 0.12 | Length: 121 / 639

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000150593 programmed cell death 4

Protein Information

Protein Length: 639 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 75.987

UniProt ID(s): Q8IKQ7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.61

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003891 Initiation factor eIF-4 gamma, MA3
InterPro IPR016024 Armadillo-type fold
InterPro IPR039778 Programmed cell death protein 4
PFam PF02847 Initiation factor eIF-4 gamma, MA3
Superfamily SSF48371 Armadillo-type fold

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 31 14 43
disruptive 12 61 34 79
missense 10 58 33 70

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 75 18 49
disruptive 29 129 63 171
missense 24 106 53 115

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 225

Non-coding: 190 | Synonymous: 23 | Nonsynonymous: 12 | 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
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
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31390575 Landscape of the Plasmodium Interactome Reveals Both Conserved andSpecies-Specific Functionality. Hillier C, Pardo M, ..., Choudhary JS 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.019