title: Cloning, expression and characterization of a novel four EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding protein from olive pollen with allergenic activity.
abstract: A novel allergenic member of the family of Ca(2+)-binding proteins has been cloned from olive tree pollen. The isolated DNA codes for a protein of 171 amino acid residues, which displays four EF-hand sequence motifs. The encoded protein was overproduced in Escherichia coli and purified. The protein (18¿ omitted¿795 Da), which binds Ca(2+) and IgE antibodies from patients allergic to olive pollen, undergoes Ca(2+)-dependent conformational changes. It is retained on a phenyl-Sepharose column, which indicates the existence of regulatory EF-hand domains. This fact suggests its involvement in Ca(2+)-dependent signal transduction events of the pollen grain. This allergen could be considered as a member of a new subfamily of EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding proteins since it displays a low amino acid sequence similarity with the so far known proteins.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Química, Universidad Complutense, 28040, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ledesma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Villalba
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011058:Pollen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014197:Trees / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins