PMID- 30052442 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180820 LR - 20180820 IS - 1520-5118 (Electronic) IS - 0021-8561 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 32 DP - 2018 Aug 15 TI - Identification and Characterization of beta-Lathyrin, an Abundant Glycoprotein of Grass Pea ( Lathyrus sativus L.), as a Potential Allergen. PG - 8496-8503 LID - 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02314 [doi] AB - Grass pea, a protein-rich, high-yielding, and drought-tolerant legume, is used as food and livestock feed in several tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The abundant seed proteins of grass pea are salt-soluble globulins, which can be separated into vicilins and legumins. In many other legumes, the members of vicilin seed proteins have been identified as major allergens. However, very little information is available on the allergens of grass pea. In this study, we have identified an abundant 47 kDa protein from grass pea, which was recognized by immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies from sera drawn from several peanut-allergic patients. The IgE-binding 47 kDa protein was partially purified by affinity chromatography on a Con-A sepharose column. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis of the 47 kDa grass pea protein revealed sequence homology to 47 kDa vicilin from pea and Len c 1 from lentil. Interestingly the grass pea vicilin was found to be susceptible to pepsin digestion in vitro. We have also isolated a cDNA encoding the grass pea 47 kDa vicilin (beta-lathyrin), and the deduced amino acid sequence revealed extensive homology to several known allergens, including those from peanut and soybean. A homology model structure of the grass pea beta-lathyrin, generated using the X-ray crystal structure of the soybean beta-conglycinin beta subunit as a template, revealed potential IgE-binding epitopes located on the surface of the molecule. The similarity in the three-dimensional structure and the conservation of the antigenic epitopes on the molecular surface of vicilin allergens explains the IgE-binding cross-reactivity. FAU - Xu, Quanle AU - Xu Q AD - College of Life Sciences , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , People's Republic of China. AD - Plant Science Division , University of Missouri , Columbia , Missouri 65211 , United States. FAU - Song, Bo AU - Song B AD - Plant Science Division , University of Missouri , Columbia , Missouri 65211 , United States. AD - Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology at the Chinese Ministry of Education , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin , Heilongjiang 150030 , People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Fengjuan AU - Liu F AD - College of Life Sciences , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , People's Republic of China. FAU - Song, Yaoyao AU - Song Y AD - College of Life Sciences , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , People's Republic of China. FAU - Chen, Peng AU - Chen P AD - College of Life Sciences , Northwest A&F University , Yangling , Shaanxi 712100 , People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Shanshan AU - Liu S AD - Key Laboratory of Soybean Biology at the Chinese Ministry of Education , Northeast Agricultural University , Harbin , Heilongjiang 150030 , People's Republic of China. FAU - Krishnan, Hari B AU - Krishnan HB AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6437-3672 AD - Plant Science Division , University of Missouri , Columbia , Missouri 65211 , United States. AD - Plant Genetics Research, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) , United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) , Columbia , Missouri 65211 , United States. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180807 PL - United States TA - J Agric Food Chem JT - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry JID - 0374755 RN - 0 (Allergens) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Plant Proteins) RN - 0 (Seed Storage Proteins) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) RN - 9067-60-1 (vicilin protein, plant) SB - IM MH - Allergens/*chemistry/immunology MH - Arachis/genetics/immunology MH - Food Hypersensitivity/immunology MH - Glycoproteins/*chemistry/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin E/immunology MH - Lathyrus/*chemistry MH - Lens Plant/chemistry/immunology MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Plant Proteins/*chemistry/immunology MH - Seed Storage Proteins/chemistry/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - allergen OT - grass pea OT - storage protein OT - beta-lathyrin EDAT- 2018/07/28 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/21 06:00 CRDT- 2018/07/28 06:00 PHST- 2018/07/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/28 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02314 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Agric Food Chem. 2018 Aug 15;66(32):8496-8503. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b02314. Epub 2018 Aug 7.