ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen name: Per a 21
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda
Order: Blattodea
Species: Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 6978
Biochemical name:Fructose bisphosphate aldolase
Molecular mass:39 kDa (SDS-PAGE), 160 kDa (SEC; tetramer)
Allergenicity:Sera from 77 cockroach-allergic patients were tested. Symptoms were rhinitis, asthma, urticaria or atopic dermatitis. Specific IgE was detected via ImmunoCAP i6 (German cockroach) and IgE-ELISA (American cockroach extract). Sera from 17 non-atopic donors served as negative controls. In an IgE-ELISA, 48 (62%) and 44 (57%) sera had IgE binding to nPer a 21 and rPer a 21.0101. In an indirect basophil activation test, cells sensitized with 5 pools of ELISA-positive sera were activated by rPer a 21.0101 at 10 µg/mL.
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Created:2025-10-02 10:50:29
Last Updated:2025-10-02 10:50:29
Submitter Info:
Name:Zhi-Qiang Xu; Ji-Fu Wei
Institution:The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University; The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University & Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research
City:Nanjing, China
Email:xu.zhiqiang@outlook.com; weijifu@hotmail.com
Submission Date:2025-08-19

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Per a 21.0101PX129643XZC43353