ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
WHO/IUIS Allergen Nomenclature Sub-Committee

Financial contributions from IUIS, EAACI, and AAAAI

Member Login

Allergen Details

Allergen name: Fic c 7
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae Eudikotyledons
Order: Rosales
Species: Ficus carica (Common fig)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 3494
Biochemical name:Gibberellin-regulated protein
Molecular mass:7 kDa
Allergenicity:Five fig-allergic patients (oral allergy syndrome, dyspnea, pruritus shortly after ingestion of fig) with positive fig ImmunoCAP or prick-to-prick were tested. Three of five patients had a positive SPT with purified Fic c 7. All of them had Fic c 7-specific IgE detected by immunoblot. A negative control serum (non-specific symptoms, negative fig ImmunoCAP and prick-to-prick) did not bind the allergen in the Western blot.
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Created:2026-07-21 17:10:17
Last Updated:2026-07-22 16:17:00
Submitter Info:
Name:Maria Beatrice Bilò; Maria Antonietta Ciardiello
Institution:Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Marche Polytechnic University | Allergy Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital AOU delle Marche; Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy
City:Ancona, Italy; Naples, Italy
Email:m.b.bilo@univpm.it; mariaantonietta.ciardiello@cnr.it
Submission Date:2026-06-24

Comments

Table of Isoallergens

Click on the arrows to show the details of individual isoallergens, click on +/- to show/hide the details of all isoallergens.

Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Fic c 7.01  C0HMG7