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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Mala f 4
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Fungi Basidiomycota
Order: Malasseziales
Species: Malassezia furfur (Skin-colonizing yeast)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 55194
Biochemical name:Mitochondrial malate dehydrogenase
MW(SDS-PAGE):35 kDa
Allergenicity:Thirty of 36 M. furfur-allergic atopic dermatitis patients (83.3%) had elevated serum levels of IgE to purified Mal f 4, indicating that Mal f 4 is a major allergen. There was a significant correlation of the Phadebas RAST unit values of Mal f 4 and the crude antigen.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:10103045
Route of allergen exposure:Contact
Date Created:01-09-2003
Last Updated:2019-08-29 23:54:03
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Mala f 4.0101AF084828AAD25927Q9Y750