2OPO

Crystal structure of the calcium-binding pollen allergen Che a 3


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.247 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.202 

Starting Model: experimental
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Literature

Three-dimensional structure of the cross-reactive pollen allergen Che a 3: visualizing cross-reactivity on the molecular surfaces of weed, grass, and tree pollen allergens.

Verdino, P.Barderas, R.Villalba, M.Westritschnig, K.Valenta, R.Rodriguez, R.Keller, W.

(2008) J Immunol 180: 2313-2321

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.180.4.2313
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2OPO

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Two EF-hand calcium-binding allergens (polcalcins) occur in the pollen of a wide variety of unrelated plants as highly cross-reactive allergenic molecules. We report the expression, purification, immunological characterization, and the 1.75-A crystal structure of recombinant Che a 3 (rChe a 3), the polcalcin from the weed Chenopodium album. The three-dimensional structure of rChe a 3 resembles an alpha-helical fold that is essentially identical with that of the two EF-hand allergens from birch pollen, Bet v 4, and timothy grass pollen, Phl p 7. The extensive cross-reactivity between Che a 3 and Phl p 7 is demonstrated by competition experiments with IgE Abs from allergic patients as well as specific Ab probes. Amino acid residues that are conserved for the two EF-hand allergen family were identified in multiple sequence alignments of polcalcins from 15 different plants. Next, the three-dimensional structures of rChe a 3, rPhl p 7, and rBet v 4 were used to identify conserved amino acids with high surface exposition to visualize surface patches as potential targets for the polyclonal IgE Ab response of allergic patients. The essentially identical three-dimensional structures of rChe a 3, rPhl p 7, and rBet v 4 explain the extensive cross-reactivity of allergic patients IgE Abs with two EF-hand allergens from unrelated plants. In addition, analyzing the three-dimensional structures of cross-reactive Ags for conserved and surface exposed amino acids may be a first approach to mapping the conformational epitopes on disease-related Ags that are recognized by polyclonal patient Abs.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Institute of Chemistry, Structural Biology, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 28, Graz, Austria.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Polcalcin Che a 3
A, B, C, D
86Chenopodium albumMutation(s): 0 
UniProt
Find proteins for Q84V36 (Chenopodium album)
Explore Q84V36 
Go to UniProtKB:  Q84V36
Entity Groups  
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UniProt GroupQ84V36
Sequence Annotations
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  • Reference Sequence
Small Molecules
Ligands 2 Unique
IDChains Name / Formula / InChI Key2D Diagram3D Interactions
SO4
Query on SO4

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I [auth B],
J [auth B],
M [auth C],
N [auth C]
SULFATE ION
O4 S
QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-L
CA
Query on CA

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E [auth A]
F [auth A]
G [auth B]
H [auth B]
K [auth C]
E [auth A],
F [auth A],
G [auth B],
H [auth B],
K [auth C],
L [auth C],
O [auth D],
P [auth D]
CALCIUM ION
Ca
BHPQYMZQTOCNFJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.75 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.247 
  • R-Value Work: 0.198 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.202 
  • Space Group: P 21 21 2
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 72.24α = 90
b = 73.874β = 90
c = 68.939γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
HKL-2000data scaling
BEASTphasing

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2007-02-06
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2008-04-02
    Changes: Version format compliance
  • Version 1.2: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Derived calculations, Version format compliance
  • Version 1.3: 2023-08-30
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description