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. 2009 Nov 26;152(1):1–11. doi: 10.1159/000260078

Table 1.

Tertiary structures of allergens

Allergen Species of origin Function/structure X-ray crystal structure NMR structure
Inhaled – indoors
Bla g 2 Blattella germanica inactive aspartic protease 1YG9* 2NR6*,1
Bla g 4 Blattella germanica lipocalin 3EBK
Blo t 5 Blomia tropicalis unknown 2JMH
Bos d 2 Bos domesticus lipocalin 1BJ7
Der f 1 Dermatophagoides farinae cysteine protease 3D6S
Der f 2 Dermatophagoides farinae lipid-binding protein 1XWV 2F08 1AHK 1AHM 1WRF
Der f 13 Dermatophagoides farinae fatty acid-binding protein 2A0A
Der p 1 Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus cysteine protease 1XKG 2AS8* 3F5V
Der p 2 Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus lipid-binding protein 1KTJ* 1A9V*
Fel d 1 Felis domesticus uteroglobin 1PUO* 1ZKR* 2EJN*
Mus m 1 Mus musculus lipocalin 1MUP
Per a 4 Periplaneta americana lipocalin 3EBW
Rat n 1 Rattus norvegicus lipocalin 2A2G 2A2U

Inhaled – outdoors
Amb t 5 Ambrosia trifida unknown 1BBG 2BBG 3BBG
Ara t 8 Arabidopsis thaliana profilin 1A0K 3NUL
Bet v 1 Betula verrucosa pathogenesis-related protein 1BV1 1QMR* 1FM4 1LLT* 1FSK1 1BTV 1B6F
Bet v 2 Betula verrucosa profilin 1CQA
Bet v 4 Betula verrucosa Ca-binding protein 1H4B
Che a 3 Chenopodium album polcalcin 2OPO
Chi t 1 Chironomus thummi thummi hemoglobin 1ECO
Equ c 1 Equus caballus lipocalin 1EW3
Hev b 6 Hevea brasiliensis hevein precursor 1Q9B 1WKX 1T0W 1HEV
Hev b 8 Hevea brasiliensis latex profilin 1G5U
Jun a 1 Juniperus ashei pectate lyase 1PXZ
Ole e 6 Olea europaea unknown 1SS3
Ole e 9 Olea europaea β-1,3-glucanase (C-terminus) 2JON
Phl p 1 Phleum pratense expansin 1N10
Phl p 2 Phleum pratense grass group II/III 1WHO 1WHP 2VXQ1 1BMW
Phl p 3 Phleum pratense grass group II/III 2JNZ
Phl p 5 Phleum pratense unknown 1L3P
Phl p 6 Phleum pratense unknown 1NLX
Phl p 7 Phleum pratense Ca-binding protein 1K9U
Zea m 1 Zea mays β-expansin 2HCZ

Ingested – food
Api g 1 Apium graveolens pathogenesis-related protein 2BK0
Ara h 3 Arachis hypogaea cupin (11S globulin, glycinin) 3C3V
Ara h 6 Arachis hypogaea conglutin (2S albumin) 1W2Q
Bos d 4 Bos domesticus α-lactalbumin 1F6R 1F6S 1HFZ 2G4N
Bos d 5 Bos domesticus β-lactoglobulin 1GX8 1GX9 2AKQ 1BSO 1UZ2* 2R561
Gal d 2 Gallus domesticus ovalbumin 1JTI* 1OVA 1UHG*
Gal d 3 Gallus domesticus ovotransferrin 1RYX 2D3I 1OVT 1AIV 1TFA 1IEJ
Gal d 4 Gallus domesticus lysozyme2 1LYZ 1H6M* 1YQV1 1FDL1 1MLC1 3HFM1 1GXV 1GXX
Mus a x Musa acuminata banana glucanase 2CYG
Pru av 2 Prunus avium thaumatin-like protein 2AHN
Pru p 3 Prunus persica nonspecific lipid transfer protein 2ALG 2B5S
Ric c 3 Ricinus communis 2S albumin storage protein 1PSY

Injected
Api m 1 Apis mellifera phospholipase A2 1POC
Api m 2 Apis mellifera hyaluronidase 1FCQ 1FCU 1FCV 2J881
Api m 4 Apis mellifera mellitin 2MLT 1BH1*
Sol i 3 Solenopsis invicta unknown 2VZN
Ves v 2 Vespula vulgaris hyaluronidase 2ATM
Ves v 5 Vespula vulgaris antigen 5 1QNX

Through skin
Mala s 1 Malassezia sympodialis β-propeller fold 2P9W
Mala s 6 Malassezia sympodialis cyclophilin 2CFE
Mala s 13 Malassezia sympodialis thioredoxin 2J23
*

Modified or mutated molecule.

1

Allergen in complex with an antibody fragment.

2

Structures selected from multiple Protein Data Bank entries.