Flexible IgE epitope containing domains of Phl p 5 cause high allergenic activity

Publication date: Available online 19 May 2017
Source:Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Author(s): Christoph Göbl, Margarete Focke-Tejkl, Nazanin Najafi, Evelyne Schrank, Tobias Madl, Simone Kosol, Christoph Madritsch, Yulia Dorofeeva, Sabine Flicker, Josef Thalhamer, Rudolf Valenta, Klaus Zangger, Nico Tjandra
This is the first study determining the three-dimensional structure of Phl p 5a which reveals a novel mechanism for high allergenic activity based on flexibly connected IgE-reactive domains which cross-link effector cell-bound IgE more efficiently than isolated rigid globular proteins. These findings may also form a basis for specific immunotherapy strategies.



http://ift.tt/2rCuxq1