Table 1.

Allergens of documented importance in domestic animals that have been characterized at the molecular level

Allergen source	Allergen name	Identity/homology	MW(kDa)	Relevant in species	References
Dermatophygoides farinae	Der f 15	Chitinase	98/109	Dog	18
	Der f 18	Chitinase	60	Dog	19
Cryptomeria japonica	Cry j 1	Pectate lyase	41	Human Dog	32
Cryptomeria japonica	Cry j 2	Polygalacturonase	56	Human Dog	78
Cryptomeria japonica	Cry j 3	Thaumatin‐like protein	24	Human Dog	32
Ctenocephalides felis	Cte f 1	None	18	Dog	36
Culicoides nubeculosus	Cul n 1	Antigen‐5 like	25	Horse	70
	Cul n 2	Hyaluronidase	46.7	Horse	68
	Cul n 3	Cysteine endopeptidase	44.6	Horse	68
	Cul n 4	None	17.5	Horse	68
	Cul n 5	None	45.7	Horse	68
	Cul n 6	None	16.9	Horse	68
	Cul n 7	None	20.9	Horse	68
	Cul n 8	Maltase	68.7	Horse	68
	Cul n 9	D7‐related	15.5	Horse	68
	Cul n 10	None	47.8	Horse	68
	Cul n 11	Trypsin	30.1	Horse	68
Culicoides obsoletus	Cul o 1a	Maltase	66.8	Horse	79
	Cul o 2a	Hyaluronidase	42.3	Horse	79
	Cul o 3	Antigen‐5 like	27.9	Horse	79
	Cul o 4	Trypsin	27.1	Horse	79
	Cul o 5	None	17.9	Horse	79
	Cul o 6	D7‐related	15.2	Horse	79
	Cul o 7	None	15	Horse	79
	Cul o1a	Kunitz protease inhibitor	23.3	Horse	67
	Cul o 2a	D7‐related	17.5	Horse	67
Culicoides sonorensis	Cul s 1	Maltase	66	Horse	66
Simulium vittatum	Sim v 1	Antigen 5 like	29.8	Horse	69
	Sim v 2	Kunitz protease Inhibitor	9.6	Horse	69
	Sim v 3	A‐amylase	28	Horse	69
	Sim v 4	a‐amylase	26	Horse	69
Aspergillus fumigatus	Asp f 7	None	27.4	Human, horse	59, 75
	Asp f 8	Acidic P 2 ribosomal proteins	11	Human, horse	59, 60, 75

^aNomenclature needs modification. These allergen sequences were submitted to GenBank at the same time by different groups.