Cloning and characterization of a latex allergen (Hev b 7): homology to patatin, a plant PLA2

Clinical and Experimental Immunology
D A KostyalD H Beezhold

Abstract

We previously identified a 46-kD protein allergen in latex as having amino acid sequence homology to the patatin gene family. The objective of this study was to characterize this protein by molecular techniques. RNA was isolated from the latex or leaf material from Hevea brasiliensis and from potato tubers. Specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers were designed from the amino acid sequence and reverse transcriptase (RT)-PCR amplified a specific product from latex RNA that was subsequently cloned and sequenced. This product was 1493 bp in length with an 1167 bp open reading frame. The deduced amino acid sequence encodes for a 389 aa protein, pI 4.82 with 43% homology to tobacco patatin. Northern analysis of potato, Hevea leaf, and latex RNA demonstrated the message to be most abundant in latex, weakly present in Hevea leaf, but no hybridization occurred with potato RNA. Patatin has lipid acyl-transferase and PLA2-like activity, suggesting it plays a role as a defence-related protein. Other defence-related proteins in latex such as hevein, glucanase, and hevamine are also allergens. Increased production of defence-related proteins as a result of increased tapping of the rubber trees to meet the demand for latex may explai...Continue Reading

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