ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen name: Oct v 1
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Mollusca
Order: Octopoda
Species: Octopus vulgaris (Common octopus)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 6645
Biochemical name:Tropomyosin
Molecular mass:37 kDa
Allergenicity:Sera from 11 patients allergic to octopus (symptoms + positive SPT) were tested by IgE immunoblot. All sera had IgE to nOct v 1 in octopus extract and purified rOct v 1.0101 (expressed in E. coli). The IgE-binding band in the extract was identified as tropomyosin by a specific antibody.
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Created:2025-09-02 15:29:21
Last Updated:2025-09-02 15:29:21
Submitter Info:
Name:Peter Stoll; Ines Swoboda
Institution:Hochschule Campus Wien, Research Center Molecular Biotechnology
City:Vienna, Austria
Email:peter.stoll@hcw.ac.at; ines.swoboda@hcw.ac.at
Submission Date:2025-08-08

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Oct v 1.0101AB218917BAE54433Q2V0V0