About Gene List

PF3D7_1458500 (SAS4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,399,870..2,405,556(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: spindle assembly abnormal protein 4, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus

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 0.07 0.97
Trophozoite not expressed 0.67 0.64
Schizont not expressed 0.52 0.71
Gametocyte not expressed 0.64 0.66

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1458500

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: -2.613 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1322200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.93 ± 0.18
  • Confidence: 4.82

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not tested (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1322200)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-5365

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKP6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ATP (adenosine-5'-triphosphate, Local RMSD=35.80) with 6JWQ (Global RMSD=49.69)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_105142

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9HC77

TM-align score: 0.21 | RMSD: 9.54

Seq Identity: 0.08 | Length: 413 / 1469

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000151849 centromere protein J

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 20 107 69 107
disruptive 58 307 190 422
missense 39 273 172 360

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 44 199 78 119
disruptive 144 705 310 558
missense 92 596 261 385

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 250

Non-coding: 65 | Synonymous: 95 | Nonsynonymous: 88 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1469 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 174.109

UniProt ID(s): Q8IKP6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.78

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
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
34014972 Dynamics of SAS-I mediated H4 K16 acetylation during DNA replication in yeast Boltengagen M, Samel-Pommerencke A, Fechtig D, Ehrenhofer-Murray AE 10.1371/journal.pone.0251660
35550346 Plasmodium SAS4: basal body component of male cell which is dispensable forparasite transmission Zeeshan M, Brady D, ..., Tewari R 10.26508/lsa.202101329
35077503 Expansion microscopy of Plasmodium gametocytes reveals the molecular architectureof a bipartite microtubule organisation centre coordinating mitosis with axonemeassembly Rashpa R, Brochet M 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010223