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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Mala f 2
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Fungi Basidiomycota
Order: Malasseziales
Species: Malassezia furfur (Skin-colonizing yeast)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 55194
Obsolete name:MF1
Biochemical name:Peroxysomal membrane protein
MW(SDS-PAGE):21 kDa
Allergenicity:Of 127 atopic dermatitis patients screened, 64 (50.4%) patients showed IgE binding to M.furfur extract in RAST. Of these 64 subjects, 46 (71.9%) showed IgE binding to Mala f 2.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:9675120
Route of allergen exposure:Contact
Date Created:01-09-2003
Last Updated:2019-08-29 08:35:52
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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Mala f 2.0101AB011804BAA32435P56577