AF005: Cystatin

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Biochemical properties

The cystatin superfamily of reversibly binding cysteine protease inhibitors has been divided into three animal families, stefins, cystatins and kinenogens, and one plant cystatin family, phytocystatins [1]. Most phytocystatins are 12-14 kDa in size, contain no disulfide bonds, and show significant amino acid sequence similarity to the cystatin families of animal origin [2].

Allergens from this family

Allergens belonging to the phytocystatins are found in kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa), gold kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) [3], and short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) [4]. Among animal cystatins, Fel d 3 from cat and Ani s 4 from Anisakis simplex were identified as allergens [5, 6].

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References

  1. Abrahamson M:
    Cystatins.
    Methods Enzymol 1994, 244, 685-700. [PubMed]
  2. Nagata K, Kudo N, Abe K, Arai S, Tanokura M:
    Three-dimensional solution structure of oryzacystatin-I, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor of the rice, Oryza sativa L. japonica.
    Biochemistry 2000, 39, 14753-60. [PubMed]
  3. Bublin M, Mari A, Ebner C, Knulst A, Scheiner O, Hoffmann-Sommergruber K, Breiteneder H, Radauer C:
    IgE sensitization profiles toward green and gold kiwifruits differ among patients allergic to kiwifruit from 3 European countries.
    J Allergy Clin Immunol 2004, 114, 1169-75. [PubMed] [Full Text]
  4. Rogers BL, Pollock J, Klapper DG, Griffith IJ:
    Sequence of the proteinase-inhibitor cystatin homologue from the pollen of Ambrosia artemisiifolia (short ragweed).
    Gene 1993, 133, 219-21. [PubMed]
  5. Ichikawa K, Vailes LD, Pomes A, Chapman MD:
    Identification of a novel cat allergen--cystatin.
    Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2001, 124, 55-6. [PubMed] [Full Text]
  6. Rodriguez-Mahillo AI, Gonzalez-Munoz M, Gomez-Aguado F, Rodriguez-Perez R, Corcuera MT, Caballero ML, Moneo I:
    Cloning and characterisation of the Anisakis simplex allergen Ani s 4 as a cysteine-protease inhibitor.
    Int J Parasitol 2007, 37, 907-17. [PubMed] [Full Text]

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Links to Pfam

Family-defining Pfam domains (at least one of these domains is present in each family member):

Pfam domain Pfam clan
PF00031 Cystatin domain CL0121 Cystatin-like superfamily
PF16845 Aspartic acid proteinase inhibitor CL0121 Cystatin-like superfamily

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