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Allergen name: Bla g 24
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda
Order: Blattodea
Species: Blattella germanica (German cockroach)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 6973
Biochemical name:Glutathione S-transferase (GST) class delta (related to Per a 5)
Molecular mass:25 kDa
Allergenicity:Sera from 68 cockroach-allergic patients (symptoms + SPT to P. americana extract) were tested by ELISA. Of those, 22 (32%) contained IgE to rBla g 24. Sera from five non-atopic donors did not bind to the allergen.
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Created:2026-02-16 14:47:18
Last Updated:2026-02-16 15:56:29
Submitter Info:
Name:Geoffrey Mueller; Josefina Zakzuk
Institution:National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences; University of Cartagena
City:Durham, NC, USA; Cartagena, Colombia
Email:mueller3@niehs.nih.gov; jzakzuks@unicartagena.edu.co
Submission Date:2025-12-12

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Bla g 24.0101FJ855498AEV23880G8XWV6