Allergen Details:
| Allergen name: | Api m 4 |
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Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda Order: Hymenoptera Species: Apis mellifera (Honey bee) NCBI Taxomony ID: 7460 |
| Obsolete name: | Api m 3 |
| Biochemical name: | Melittin |
| MW(SDS-PAGE): | 3 kDa |
| Allergenicity: | Elevated serum IgE antibodies to melittin were found in 7 of 24 honeybee venom-sensitive persons and in 5 of 20 nonsensitive beekeepers, measured by RAST. - None of the 13 bee-allergic patients tested showed upregulation of the activation marker CD203c on basophils in response to Api m 4: medline 2291906. |
| Allergenicity reference: | PubMed:850023 |
| Route of allergen exposure: | Injection |
| Date Created: | 27-05-2003 |
| Last Updated: | 2019-07-09 08:28:44 |
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Comments
| Isoallergen and variants | GenBank Nucleotide | GenBank Protein | UniProt | PDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Api m 4.0101 | X02007 | CAA26038 | P01501 | 2MLT 1BH1 |