Properties of proteins exported to erythrocyte
Boddey JA, Cowman AF. Plasmodium nesting: remaking the erythrocyte from the inside out. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2013;67:243-69. PMID: 23808341.
Name PfID Size of gene family Genetic knockout Final localization Function Feature/structure Transcript
12208 KAHRP/HRP1 PF3D7_0202000 1 Yes Underside of erythrocyte membrane Formation of knob structures His-rich domains
12226 HRP2 PF3D7_0831800 1 Not attempted; some strains lack gene Erythrocyte cytoplasm Unknown His-rich proteins
12238 HRP3 PF3D7_1372200 1 Not attempted; some strains lack gene Erythrocyte cytoplasm Unknown His-rich proteins
12230 S-antigen PF3D7_1035200 3 Yes Erythrocyte cytoplasm Increased erythrocyte rigidity when function removed Unique
12219 PfEMP2/MESA PF3D7_0500800 1 Not attempted; some strains lack gene Underside of erythrocyte membrane Binds to host protein 4.1 Large, highly repetitive
12207 PfEMP3 PF3D7_0201900 1 Yes Underside of erythrocyte membrane Truncation acts as dominant negative blocking PfEMP1 trafficking Large, highly repetitive
12209 PfPTP1 PF3D7_0202200 1 Yes Maurer's cleft PfEMP1 recruitment into Maurer's clefts Single TMD
12240 PfPTP3 PF3D7_1478600 1 Yes Erythrocyte cytoplasm PfEMP1 display on the erythrocyte surface, increased rigidity of erythrocyte Large repetitive protein
12222 PfPTP4 PF3D7_0730900 1 Yes ND Decreased PfEMP1 display on the erythrocyte surface Repetitive protein
12229 PfPTP5 PF3D7_1002100 1 Yes ND Decreased PfEMP1 display on the erythrocyte surface Repetitive protein
12237 PfPTP6 PF3D7_1302000 Yes ND Decreased PfEMP1 display on the erythrocyte surface Unique
24566 Conserved PF3D7_0801900 1 Yes ND Decreased rigidity of erythrocyte for knockout Unique
12236 Exported hyp12 PF3D7_1301400 1 Yes ND Increased rigidity of erythrocyte for knockout Unique
12216 RIFIN PF3D7_0324800 ∼200 Yes Erythrocyte surface/Maurer's cleft Not known Members of 2TMD superfamily
12213 STEVOR PF3D7_0221400 ∼30 Yes Erythrocyte membrane/Maurer's cleft Increased rigidity of erythrocyte in gametocyte clones having increased expression Members of 2TMD superfamily
12205 FIKK PF3D7_0102600 ∼18 Yes Erythrocyte cytoplasm Potential kinases Kinase domain
12231 DnaJ pseudogene PF3D7_1039100 1 Yes ND Required for knob assembly Hsp40-like (DnaJ type IV)
12212 DnaJ protein PF3D7_0220100 1 Yes ND Increased rigidity of erythrocyte for knockout Hsp40-like (DnaJ type IV)
12235 PfGECO PF3D7_1253000 1 Yes Erythrocyte cytoplasm Gametocyte proteinnot known Hsp40-like (DnaJ type IV)
12232 AMA1 PF3D7_1133400 ∼19 Yes Erythrocyte cytoplasm, some in J-dots Likely cochaperones Hsp40-like (DnaJ type II/III/IV)
12203 PHISTa PF3D7_0102000 ∼17 Not attempted ND PHIST domain function unknown PHISTa domain
12206 PHISTb PF3D7_0201600 ∼23 Not attempted ND PHIST domain function unknown PHISTb domain
12218 PHISTb PF3D7_0424600 1 Yes ND Required for knob assembly PHISTb domain
12239 PHISTb PF3D7_1401600 1 Yes ND Decreased rigidity of erythrocyte for knockout PHISTb domain
12204 RESA PF3D7_0102200 ∼7 Yes Underside of erythrocyte membrane Binds and stabilizes spectrin tetramer enhancing resistance to thermal and mechanical insults, decreased rigidity of erythrocyte for knockout Hsp40-like (DnaJ type IV), PHISTb domain
12232 AMA1 PF3D7_1133400 ∼14 Not attempted ND PHIST domain function unknown PHISTc domain
12223 PfPTP2 PF3D7_0731100 1 Yes Vesicles in erythrocyte cytoplasm PfEMP1 display on the erythrocyte surface Repetitive domain, PHISTc domain
12202 PfMC-2TM PF3D7_0101300 ∼12 Not attempted Maurer's cleft and under erythrocyte membrane Unknown Members of 2TMD superfamily
Proteins lacking PEXEL: PNEPs
12234 PfEMP1 family PF3D7_1200600 ∼60 Yes; e.g.,var2csa Erythrocyte surface Adherence to host receptors, antigenic variation, e.g., Var2CSA binds to CSAc Large membrane protein with DBL domains
12220 SBP1 PF3D7_0501300 1 Yes Maurer's cleft Trafficking of PfEMP1 to Maurer's cleft/erythrocyte surface Single TMD
12211 MSP4 PF3D7_0207000 1 Yes Maurer's cleft Trafficking of PfEMP1 to Maurer's cleft Single TMD
12210 MSP5 PF3D7_0206900 1 No Maurer's cleft Component of Maurer's cleft tethers Single hydrophobic region
12227 REX1 PF3D7_0935900 1 Yes; some strains lack gene Maurer's cleft Required for Maurer's cleft architecture and linked to PfEMP1 display Signal sequence, coiled-coil domain
12228 REX2 PF3D7_0936000 1 Not attempted; some strains lack gene Maurer's cleft Unknown Single TMD
12233 Pf332 PF3D7_1149000 1 Yes Maurer's cleft Potential adhesive protein, possibly Maurer's cleft architecture and host cell rigidity Large protein with TMD and single DBL domain
12215 CLAG3.1 PF3D7_0302500 1 No; some strains lack either gene Erythrocyte surface Surface anion channel Possibly two TMDs
12214 CLAG3.2 PF3D7_0302200 1 No; some strains lack either gene Surface anion channel Possibly two TMDs
12225 Hsp70-x PF3D7_0831700 1 Not attempted J-dots Unknown ATPase and Hsp70 domains
12217 SURFIN PF3D7_0402200 ∼11 Not attempted Maurer's cleft Unknown Cys-rich domainTwo variable domainsSingle TMD
12221 SEMP1 PF3D7_0702400 1 Yes Maurer's cleft Unknown Single TMD
All PEXEL proteins contain a signal sequence.
Abbreviations: PfEMP1, Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1; CSA, chondroitin sulfate A; TMD, transmembrane domain; Hsp, heat shock protein; PHIST, Plasmodium helical interspersed subtelomeric superfamily; DBL, Duffy binding-like; Cys, cys
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