Allergen Details:
| Allergen name: | Blo t 18 |
|---|---|
| Allergen source: |
Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda Order: Sarcoptiformes Species: Blomia tropicalis (Storage mite) NCBI Taxomony ID: 40697 |
| Biochemical name: | Chitinase-like protein (contains a C-terminal peritrophin-A-like domain) |
| MW(SDS-PAGE): | 55 kDa |
| Allergenicity: | Sera from 26 mite-allergic patients with positive ImmunoCAP to Blomia tropicalis (CAP class >= 3) were tested by ELISA. Of those, 15 sera (58%) had IgE to recombinant Blo t 18.0101 expressed in E. coli (ELISA OD exceeding the mean OD + 3*SD of 17 non-allergic donors' sera). |
| Allergenicity reference: | DOI:10.1101/2023.02.09.527948 (preprint on BioRxiv) |
| Route of allergen exposure: | Airway |
| Date Created: | 2023-11-28 |
| Last Updated: | 2023-11-28 19:24:56 |
| Submitter Info: | |
| Name: | Qing Xiong, Stephen Kwok-Wing Tsui |
| Institution: | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| City: | Hong Kong, China |
| Email: | xiongq30122@gmail.com, kwtsui@cuhk.edu.hk |
| Submission Date: | 2023-07-19 |
Comments
| Isoallergen and variants | GenBank Nucleotide | GenBank Protein | UniProt | PDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blo t 18.0101 | OQ285956 AY291330 | WBV73488 AAQ24549 | A1KXI8 |