Stabilization of the dimeric birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 impacts its immunological properties

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 540-551

  Kofler, Stefan ^a   Ackaert, Chloé ^a   Samonig, Martin ^a   Asam, Claudia ^a   Briza, Peter ^a   Horejs Hoeck, Jutta ^a   Cabrele, Chiara ^a   Ferreira, Fatima ^a   Duschl, Albert ^a   Huber, Christian ^a   Brandstetter, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGENS; AMINO ACIDS; POLYSULFIDES; PROTEINS;

ALLERGENICITY; BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR BASIS; POLLEN ALLERGEN; PROTEIN CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN MODIFICATIONS;

DIMERS;

CYSTEINE; DIMER; MONOMER; POLLEN ANTIGEN; POLYSULFIDE; SULFIDE; TETRASULFIDE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BET V 1 ALLERGEN, BETULA; PLANT ANTIGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLERGENICITY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BIRCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; GENETIC CODE; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; RAT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANTIGENS, PLANT; BETULA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84891711055     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.518795     Document Type: Article

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