EXPRESSION OF JUMPER ANT (MYRMECIA-PILOSULA) VENOM ALLERGENS - POSTTRANSLATIONAL PROCESSING OF ALLERGEN GENE-PRODUCTS

Authors
DONOVAN GR STREET MD TETAZ T SMITH AI ALEWOOD D ALEWOOD P SUTHERLAND SK BALDO BA
Citation
Gr. Donovan et al., EXPRESSION OF JUMPER ANT (MYRMECIA-PILOSULA) VENOM ALLERGENS - POSTTRANSLATIONAL PROCESSING OF ALLERGEN GENE-PRODUCTS, Biochemistry and molecular biology international, 39(5), 1996, pp. 877-885
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Biochemistry and molecular biology international → ACNP
ISSN journal
10399712
Volume
39
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
877 - 885
Database
ISI
SICI code
1039-9712(1996)39:5<877:EOJA(V>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
N-terminal analyses of electrophoretically-separated allergenic polype ptides of the venom of the jumper ant M. pilosula showed that five out of the six allergenic, polypeptides identified are homologous with th e cloned major allergen Myr p I and may be derived from a single precu rsor polypeptide. The sixth polypeptide is homologous with a second cl oned major allergen, Myr p II which is expressed as a single precursor polypeptide but exists in its native form as a disulphide bond-linked complex.