About Gene List

PF3D7_1463000 (MED20)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,565,034..2,566,641(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: mediator of RNA polymerase II transcription subunit 20, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0016592 mediator complex
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 expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.14 0.93
Trophozoite expressed 0.25 0.84
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.40 0.77

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1463000

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: 0.271 | MFS: -3.409 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKK5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_532804

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 12 8 20
disruptive 2 3 5 17
missense 2 3 5 17

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 30 10 25
disruptive 3 19 31 70
missense 2 11 22 58

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 69

Non-coding: 60 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 308 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 36.71

UniProt ID(s): Q8IKK5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.99

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
28288121 A genetic system to study Plasmodium falciparum protein function. Birnbaum J, Flemming S, ..., Spielmann T 10.1038/nmeth.4223
23171760 Mediator regulates non-coding RNA transcription at fission yeast centromeres Thorsen M, Hansen H, ..., Thon G 10.1186/1756-8935-5-19
26608234 Loss of the Mediator subunit Med20 affects transcription of tRNA and othernon-coding RNA genes in fission yeast Carlsten JO, Zhu X, ..., Gustafsson CM 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2015.11.007