ALLERGEN NOMENCLATURE
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Allergen Details

Allergen name: Por p 6
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Arthropoda
Order: Decapoda
Species: Portunus pelagicus (Blue swimmer crab)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 80836
Biochemical name:Troponin C
Molecular mass:17 kDa
Allergenicity:Sera from 21 crustacean-allergic patients (symptoms + SPT and ImmunoCAP with commercial crustacean extracts) were tested. Of those, 15 (71%) had IgE to a 17 kDa-band in raw and heated crab extract as well as to recombinant Por p 6.0101 as shown by Western blot. Sera from 2 atopic and two non-atopic controls were negative.
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Created:2026-09-08 16:46:28
Last Updated:2026-09-09 11:21:23
Submitter Info:
Name:Sahel Heidari; Andreas Ludwig Lopata
Institution:James Cook University
City:Townsville, Queensland, Australia
Email:sahel.heidari@my.jcu.edu.au; andreas.lopata@jcu.edu.au
Submission Date:2026-04-15

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Table of Isoallergens

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Por p 6.0101PZ231499YDQ79277