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

Table 2.

Tertiary structures of food, venom, and contact allergens

Allergen Species of origin Function/structure X-ray crystal structure NMR structure
Ingested (food)
 “Act c 1” Actinidia chinensis Cysteine protease
 (Act d 1-homolog)
2ACT 1AEC
 Act c 5 A. chinensis Kiwellin 4PMK
 Act d 2 A. deliciosa Thaumatin-like protein 4BCT
 Act d 11 A. deliciosa Kirola 4IGV 4IHR 4IGW 4IGX 4IGY 4IH0 4IH2
 Ani s 5 Anisakis simplex SXP/RAL-2 protein 2MAR
 Api g 1 Apium graveolens Pathogenesis related protein
 (PR-10)
2BK0
 Ara h 1 Arachis hypogaea Cupin (Vicillin-type, 7S
 globulin)
3S7E 3S7I 3SMH
 Arah 2 A. hypogaea Conglutin (2S albumin) 3OB4
 Ara h 3 A. hypogaea Cupin (11S globulin, Glycinin) 3C3V
 Ara h 5 A. hypogaea Profilin 4ESP
 Ara h 6 A. hypogaea Conglutin (2S albumin) 1W2Q
 Ara h 8 A. hypogaea Pathogenesis related protein
 (PR-10)
4MAP 4MA6 4M9W 4M9B
 Ber e 1 Bertholletia excelsa 2S sulfur-rich seed storage
 albumin
2LVF
 Bos d 4 Bos domesticus Alpha-lactalbumin 1F6R 1F6S 2G4N 1HFZ 1HFX 1HFY
 Bos d 5 B. domesticus Beta-lactoglobulin 1GX8 1GX9 1GXA 2AKQ 1BSO 1UZ2 (m) 2R56a
 Bos d 6 B. domesticus Serum albumin 3V03 4F5S 4JK4
 Bra n 1 Brassica napus 2S seed storage albumin 1PNB
 Cyp c 1 Cyprinus carpio Carp beta-parvalbumin 4CPV 5CPV
 Dau c 1 Daucus carota Pathogenesis-related
 protein (PR-10)
2WQL
 Fra a 1 Fragaria ananassa Pathogenesis-related
 protein (PR-10)
2LPX
 Gad m 1 Gadus morhua Cod beta-parvalbumin 2MBX
 Gal d 2 Gallus domesticus Ovalbumin 1JTI(m) 1OVA lUHG(m)
 Gal d 3 G. domesticus Ovotransferrin 1RYX 2D3I 1OVT 1AIV 1TFA 1IEJ 1N04
 Gal d 4 G. domesticus Lysozymeb 1LYZ lH6M(m) 1YQVa 1FDLa 1MLCa 3HFMa 2A2Ya 1DQJa 1GXV 1GXX
 Gly m 4 Glycine max Pathogenesis-related
 protein (PR-10)
2K7H
 Gly m 5 G. max Beta-conglycinin
 (vicilin, 7S globulin)
1IPJ 1IPK 1UIJ(m)
 Gly m 6 G. max Glycinin (legumin 11S
 globulin)
1FXZ 1OD5 2D5H 2D5F
 Mal d 2 Malus domestica Thaumatin-like protein 3ZS3
 Mus a 4 Musa acuminata Thaumatin-like protein 1Z3Q
 Mus a 5 M. acuminata Beta-1,3-glucanase 2CYG
 Pis s 1 Pisum sativum Legumin 11S globulin 1PNB 3KSC
 Pru av 1 Primus avium Pathogenesis-related
 protein (PR-10)
1H2O (m) 1E09
 Pru av 2 P. avium Thaumatin-like protein 2AHN
 Pru du 6 Primus dulcis Amandin, 11S globulin 1
 egumin-like protein
3FZ3
 Pru p 3 Prunus persica Non-specific lipid transfer
 protein
2ALG 2B5S
 Ric c 1 Ricinus communis 2S albumin storage protein 1PSY
 Tri a 14 Triticum aestivum Non-specific lipid
 transfer protein
1BWO 1CZ2 1GH1
 Tria a 18 T. aestivum Agglutinin isolectin-1 4AML 2X3T 2UVO 2CWG 1WGC 2WGC 7WGA 9WGA
 Vig r 6 Vigna radiata Cytokinin-specific binding
 protein (CSBP),
 Bet v 1 family member
2FLH 3C0V
 Zea m 14 Zea mays Non-specific lipid
 ransfer protein
1FK0 1FK1 1FK2 1FK3 1FK4 1FK5 1FK6 1FK7 1MZL 1MZM 1AFH
Injected
 Aed a 2 Aedes aegypti Salivary antigen 3DXL 3DY9 3DYE 3DZT
 Api m 1 Apis mellifera Phospholipase A2 1POC
 Api m 2 A. mellifera Hyaluronidase 1FCQ 1FCU 1FCV 2J88a
 Api m 4 A. mellifera Melittin 2MLT 1BH1 (m)
 Arg r 1 Argas reflexus Histamine-binding
 lipocalin
2X45 2X46
 Sol i 2 Solenopsis invicta Transport of
 hydrophobic ligands
2YGU
 Sol i 3 S. invicta Ves v 5-like 2VZN
 Ves v 2 Vespula vulgaris Hyaluronidase 2ATM
 Ves v 5 V. vulgaris Antigen 5 1QNX
Through skin
 Mala s 1 Malassezia
sympodialis
Beta-propeller fold 2P9W
 Mala s 6 M. sympodialis Cyclophilin 2CFE
 Mala s 13 M. sympodialis Thioredoxin 2J23

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

b

Structures selected from multiple PDB entries (>540 for hen egg lysozyme)