About Gene List

PF3D7_1470000 (ATG12)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,868,291..2,869,525(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: autophagy-related protein 12, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0034274 Atg12-Atg5-Atg16 complex
Component GO:0034045 phagophore assembly site membrane
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0006501 C-terminal protein lipidation
Process GO:0000045 autophagosome assembly
Process GO:0000422 autophagy of mitochondrion
Process GO:0044804 autophagy of nucleus

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite no data N/A N/A
Ring no data 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite no data 0.42 0.74
Schizont no data 0.09 0.94
Gametocyte no data 0.19 0.88

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1470000

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.319 | MFS: -3.735 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6S3K2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103577

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O94817

TM-align score: 0.70 | RMSD: 1.52

Seq Identity: 0.26 | Length: 86 / 112

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000145782 autophagy related 12

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 6 1 10
disruptive 1 4 5 11
missense 1 4 5 11

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 10 3 9
disruptive 3 18 10 27
missense 1 14 8 22

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 81

Non-coding: 71 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 112 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 13.334

UniProt ID(s): C6S3K2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.6

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007242 Ubiquitin-like protein Atg12
InterPro IPR029071 Ubiquitin-like domain superfamily
PFam PF04110 Ubiquitin-like protein Atg12
Superfamily SSF54236 Ubiquitin-like domain superfamily

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
30911187 Evolution from covalent conjugation to non-covalent interaction in theubiquitin-like ATG12 system. Pang Y, Yamamoto H, ..., Mizushima N 10.1038/s41594-019-0204-3