Ovalbumin

From Proteopedia

chicken ovalbumin (PDB entry 1jti) Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image Function Ovalbumin (OVA) is the main protein found in egg white[1]. OVA function is unknown and it is presumed to be a storage protein. Disease OVA inhalation produces allergic airway inflammation[2].

3D Structures of ovalbumin

Update February 2013

1ova – cOVA – chicken

1jti – cOVA (mutant)

1uhg – cS-OVA
6kga - OVA - emu

References

1. ↑ Castellano AC, Barteri M, Bianconi A, Bruni F, Della Longa S, Paolinelli C. Conformational changes involved in the switch from ovalbumin to S-ovalbumin. Z Naturforsch C. 1996 May-Jun;51(5-6):379-85. PMID:8663899
2. ↑ Schramm CM, Puddington L, Wu C, Guernsey L, Gharaee-Kermani M, Phan SH, Thrall RS. Chronic inhaled ovalbumin exposure induces antigen-dependent but not antigen-specific inhalational tolerance in a murine model of allergic airway disease. Am J Pathol. 2004 Jan;164(1):295-304. PMID:14695342 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63119-7