About Gene List

PF3D7_1475700

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:3,117,392..3,118,951(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tubulin epsilon chain, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005874 microtubule
Function GO:0005525 GTP binding
Function GO:0005200 structural constituent of cytoskeleton
Function GO:0005198 structural molecule activity
Process GO:0000226 microtubule cytoskeleton organization
Process GO:0007018 microtubule-based movement
Process GO:0007017 microtubule-based process
Process GO:0000278 mitotic cell cycle

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.03 0.98
Schizont not expressed 0.03 0.98
Gametocyte expressed 0.24 0.86

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1475700

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: 0.991 | MFS: -2.687 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1300500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.95 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.39

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1300500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3399

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IK81

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: GDP (guanosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.23) with 5NJH (Global RMSD=3.55)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_105183

Most Similar Human Ortholog: S4R3K3

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.75

Seq Identity: 0.42 | Length: 211 / 519

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000074935 tubulin epsilon 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 7 7 16
disruptive 4 26 8 44
missense 4 25 8 35

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 14 10 23
disruptive 10 54 36 94
missense 7 43 27 54

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 22

Non-coding: 1 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 519 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 59.61

UniProt ID(s): Q8IK81

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.26

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000217 Tubulin
InterPro IPR003008 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain
InterPro IPR004057 Epsilon tubulin
InterPro IPR008280 Tubulin/FtsZ, C-terminal
InterPro IPR017975 Tubulin, conserved site
InterPro IPR018316 Tubulin/FtsZ, 2-layer sandwich domain
InterPro IPR036525 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain superfamily
PFam PF00091 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain
PFam PF03953 Tubulin/FtsZ, 2-layer sandwich domain
Superfamily SSF52490 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55307 Tubulin/FtsZ, C-terminal

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