Cloning and Expression of Ama r 1, as a Novel Allergen of Amaranthus retroflexus Pollen

Table 2

Percentage of similarity and identity between Ama r 1 and selected allergenic Ole e 1-like proteins.

Allergens	GenBank accession number	Ama r 1
		% Similarity	% Identity
Che a 1	G8LGR0.1	95	93
Cro s 1	AAX93750.1	95	91
Sal k 5	ADK22842.1	88	70
Ole e 1	ABP58635.1	61	43
Fra e 1	AAQ83588.1	62	42
Lig v 1	O82015.2	61	40
Syr v 1	S43243	60	42

Che a 1 (C. album); Cro s 1 (C. sativus); Sal k 5 (S. kali); Ole e 1 (O. europaea); Fra e 1 (F. excelsior); Syr v 1 (S. vulgaris); and Lig v 1 (L. vulgare).