ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Cap a 2
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae Eudikotyledons
Order: Solanales
Species: Capsicum annuum (Chili, bell pepper)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 4072
Biochemical name:Profilin
MW(SDS-PAGE):14 kDa
Allergenicity:Of 10 patients with food allergy to bell peppers tested, 5 showed IgE binding to 14 kDa profilin (identified by N-terminal sequence analysis) on immunoblot.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:9652302
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Date Created:08-08-2003
Last Updated:2019-07-20 07:55:49
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Table of IsoAllergens Click +/- for additional information
Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Cap a 2.0101AJ417552CAD10376Q93YI9