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ArticlePloS one2015

The Calcium Goes Meow: Effects of Ions and Glycosylation on Fel d 1, the Major Cat Allergen.

Rodrigo Ligabue-Braun, Liana Guimarães Sachett, Laércio Pol-Fachin, Hugo Verli

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Calcium-binding proteins as allergens.Frontiers in allergy · 2026
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  6. Molecular diagnosis in cat allergy.World journal of methodology · 2021
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  7. Hello, kitty: could cat allergy be a form of intoxication?The journal of venomous animals and toxins including tropical diseases · 2020
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  10. An update on molecular cat allergens: Fel d 1 and what else? Chapter 1: Fel d 1, the major cat allergen.Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology · 2018
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  11. Modeling of Oligosaccharides within Glycoproteins from Free-Energy Landscapes.Journal of chemical information and modeling · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rodrigo Ligabue-BraunCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Liana Guimarães SachettCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Laércio Pol-FachinDepartamento de Química Fundamental, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
Hugo VerliCentro de Biotecnologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major cat allergen, Fel d 1, is a structurally complex protein with two N-glycosylation sites that may be filled by different glycoforms. In addition, the protein contains three putative Ca2+ binding sites. Since the impact of these Fel d 1 structure modifications on the protein dynamics, physiology and pathology are not well established, the present work employed computational biology techniques to tackle these issues. While conformational effects brought upon by glycosylation were identified, potentially involved in cavity volume regulation, our results indicate that only the central Ca2+ ion remains coordinated to Fel d 1 in biological solutions, impairing its proposed role in modulating phospholipase A2 activity. As these results increase our understanding of Fel d 1 structural biology, they may offer new support for understanding its physiological role and impact into cat-promoted allergy.

Indexed as

Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalAnimalsBinding SitesCalciumCatsDimerizationGlycoproteinsGlycosylationHydrogen BondingLigandsModels, MolecularMolecular Docking SimulationMolecular Dynamics SimulationN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPhospholipases A2Polychlorinated BiphenylsCalciumFel d 1 protein, Felis domesticusGlycoproteinsLigandsN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPhospholipases A2Polychlorinated BiphenylsProgesteroneTestosterone

Identifiers

PMID26134118
PMCPMC4489793
OpenAlexW1471173365

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