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PF3D7_1400500 (RIF)

Genomic location: Pf3D7_14_v3:17,469..18,808(-)

Miles Classification: SubtelomericHypervariable

Function and Localization

Product Description: rifin

SignalP Peptide: MKVHYTKILLFSLPLNILVTSSSNA

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: N/A

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Component GO:0020002 host cell plasma membrane
Process GO:0020033 antigenic variation

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

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Essentiality

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IM83

"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: 339 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 37.662

UniProt ID(s): Q8IM83

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.74

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_1400500

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 0 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 505

Non-coding: 118 | Synonymous: 116 | Nonsynonymous: 265 | Stop Codon: 6

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
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094