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PF3D7_0400300 (RIF)

Genomic location: Pf3D7_04_v3:42,032..43,374(-)

Miles Classification: SubtelomericHypervariable

Function and Localization

Product Description: rifin

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: N/A

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0020002 host cell plasma membrane
Component GO:0020003 symbiont-containing vacuole
Process GO:0020033 antigenic variation
Process GO:0020035 cytoadherence to microvasculature, mediated by symbiont protein
Process GO:0020013 modulation by symbiont of host erythrocyte aggregation

Expression by stage, third quartile (Malaria Cell Atlas): No data

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Essentiality

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I219

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100719

No human ortholog(s)

Protein Information

Protein length: 370 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 41.206

UniProt ID(s): Q2XRB3, Q8I219

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9

Protein Domain Annotations:

InterPro IPR006373 Variant surface antigen Rifin
PFam PF02009 Variant surface antigen Rifin
Superfamily N/A N/A

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0400300

Resistome Missense Mutations: Q113H, Q113E, A304S

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: AN13762, Pepstatin

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 7 (5 missense, 2 "interesting" missense)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 557

Non-coding: 11 | Synonymous: 132 | Nonsynonymous: 411 | Stop Codon: 3

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI
10430943 Rifins: a second family of clonally variant proteins expressed on the surface ofred cells infected with Plasmodium falciparum. Kyes SA, Rowe JA, Kriek N, Newbold CI 10.1073/pnas.96.16.9333
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
25751816 RIFINs are adhesins implicated in severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Goel S, Palmkvist M, ..., Wahlgren M 10.1038/nm.3812