A molecular and in silico characterization of Hev b 4, a glycosylated latex allergen |
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Authors: | Malik Adeel Arif Siti Arija M Ahmad Shandar Sunderasan Elumalai |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi 110025, India. |
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Abstract: | Hev b 4 is a heavily glycosylated latex allergen with seven attached N-glycans, comprising of both oligomannose and complex type structures. Treatment with a mixture of N-glycosidase A and N-glycosidase F resulted in lowering Hev b 4 protein on SDS-gel from 53 to 55kDa to circa 40kDa, this being comparable to the 38.53kDa mass predicted by its cDNA. In Western-immunoblots, the enzymatically deglycosylated Hev b 4 showed negligible binding to IgE from latex allergic patients; the results indicated that IgE essentially binds to Hev b 4 via its N-glycan moiety. Structural modelling of the Hev b 4 was carried out based on the template protein and carbohydrate crystal coordinates of rhamnogalacturonan acetylesterase (PDB ID 1DEO). We managed to link four N-glycan structures on to the Hev b 4 model; the glycans were scattered over the surface of the model. The structural and functional features of Hev b 4 could prove useful to elucidate its exposed epitopes which are important for IgE binding. |
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