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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2015 Apr;15(8):506. doi: 10.1007/s11882-014-0506-9

Table 1.

Tertiary structures of inhaled allergens

Allergen Species of origin Function/structure X-ray crystal structure NMR structure
Inhaled (indoor)
 Blag 1 Blattella germanica Gut protein that
 carries lipids
4JRB
 Blag 2 B. germanica Inactive aspartic protease 1YG9 (m) 2NR6 (m)a 3LIZ (m)a 4RLD (m)
 Bla g 4 B. germanica Lipocalin 3EBK 4N7D
 Bla g 5 B. germanica Glutathione S-transferase 5Q5R
 Blo t 5 Blomia tropicalis Structural-three-helical
 bundle
2JMH 2JRK 2MEY
 Blo t 8 B. tropicalis Glutathione S-transferase 4Q5N
 Blo t 12 B. tropicalis Chitin-binding protein 2MFK
 Blo t 19 B. tropicalis Anti-microbial peptide
 homolog
2LM9
 Blo t 21 B. tropicalis Structural-three-helical
 bundle
2LM9
 Bos d2 Bos domesticus Lipocalin 1BJ7 4WFU 4WFV
 Can f 2 Canis familiaris Lipocalin 3L4R
 Can f 4 C. familiaris Lipocalin 4ODD
 Derf 1 Dermatophagoides farinae Cysteine protease 3D6S 3RVVa
 Der f 2 D. farinae Lipid binding protein 1XWV 2F08 1AHK 1AHM 1WRF
 Der f 7 D. farinae LPS-binding protein-like 3UV1
 Der f 13 D. farinae Fatty acid binding protein 2A0A
 Der p 1 D. pteronyssinus Cysteine protease 1XKG 2AS8 (m) 3F5V 3RVWa 3RVXa 4PP1a 4PP2a
 Der p 2 D. pteronyssinus Lipid binding protein 1KTJ (m) 1A9V (m)
 Der p 5 D. pteronyssinus Structural-three-helical
 bundle
3MQ1
 Der p 7 D. pteronyssinus LPS-binding protein-like 3H4Z
 Der p 8 D. pteronyssinus Glutathione S-transferase 4Q5Q
 Fel d 1 Felis domesticus Uteroglobin 1PUO (m) 1ZKR (m) 2EJN (m)
 Mus m 1 Mus musculus Lipocalin 1MUP 1JV4 1DF3
 Per a 4 Periplaneta americana Lipocalin 3EBW
 Rat n 1 Rattus norvegicus Lipocalin 2A2G 2A2U
Inhaled (outdoor)
 Alt a 1 Alternaria alternata Unknown 3V0R 4AUD
 Amb t 5 Ambrosia trifida Unknown 1BBG 2BBG 3BBG
 Ara t 8 Arabidopsis thaliana Profilin 1A0K 3NUL
 Art v 1 Artemisia vulgaris Defensin fold with
 polyproline domain
2KPY
 Asp f 1 Aspergillus fumigatus Mitogillin 1AQZ
 Asp f 6 A. fumigatus Manganese superoxide
 dimustase
1KKC
 Asp f 11 A. fumigatus Cyclophilin: peptidyl-propyl
 isomerase
2C3B
 Asp o 21 Aspergillus oryzae TAKA-amylase A 2TAA 6TAA 7TAA
 Bet v 1 Betula verrucosa Pathogenesis-related
 protein (PR-10)
1BV1 1QMR (m) 1FM4 1LLT(m) 1FSKa 3K78 4QIP 4MNS 4BTZ 4BK7 4BKC 4BKD 1BTV 1B6F
 Bet v 2 B. verrucosa Profilin 1CQA
 Bet v 4 B. verrucosa Polcalcin
 (Calcium binding protein)
1H4B
 Che a 3 Chenopodium album Polcalcin
 (Calcium binding protein)
2OPO
 Chi t 1 Chironomus thummi
thummi
Hemoglobin 1ECO
 Cla h 8 Cladosporium
herbarum
Mannitol dehydrogenase 3GDF 3GDG
 Equ c 1 Equus caballus Lipocalin 1EW3
 Equ c 3 E. caballus Serum albumin 3V08
 Heb v 2 Hevea brasiliensis Beta-1,3-glucanase 4HPG 4IIS
 Hev b 6 H. brasiliensis Hevein precursor 1Q9B 1WKX 1T0W 1HEV
 Hev b 8 H. brasiliensis Latex profilin 1G5U
 Jun a 1 Juniperus ashei Pectate lyase 1PXZ
 Ole e 6 Olea europaea Unknown 1SS3
 Ole e 9 O. europaea Beta-1,3-glucanase
 (C-terminus)
2JON
 Phl p 1 Phleum pratense Expansin 1N10
 Phl p 2 P. pratense Grass group II/III 1WHO 1WHP 2VXQa 1BMW
 Phl p 3 P. pratense Grass group II/III 3FT1 3FT9 2JNZ
 Phl p 4 P. pratense Oxidoreductase 3TSJ 3TSH 4PVE 4PVJ 4PVK 4PWB 4PWC
 Phl p 5 P. pratense Unknown-Phl p 5b 1L3P
 Phl p 6 P. pratense Unknown 1NLX
 Phl p 7 P. pratense Polcalcin
 (Ca binding protein)
1K9U 2LVK 2LVJ 2LVI
 Zea m 1 Zea mays Beta expansin 2HCZ

The codes refer to the structure of molecules that are not necessarily the same polymorphism reported in the WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature database

(m) modified or mutated molecule

a

Allergen in complex with an antibody fragment