ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Pers a 1
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae basal Mesangiosperms
Order: Laurales
Species: Persea americana (Avocado)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 3435
Obsolete name:Prs a 1
Biochemical name:Class I chitinase
MW(SDS-PAGE):32 kDa
Allergenicity:Of 20 avocado and/or latex-allergic patients, 15 showed IgE binding to 32 kD Pers a 1 on immunoblot of avocado extract. rPers a 1 was recognized by IgE in serumpool of these patients.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:9774427
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Date Created:03-07-2003
Last Updated:2019-09-05 22:23:17
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Table of IsoAllergens Click +/- for additional information
Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Pers a 1.0101Z78202CAB01591P93680