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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Act d 5
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Plantae Eudikotyledons
Order: Ericales
Species: Actinidia deliciosa (Green kiwi fruit)
NCBI Taxomony ID: 3627
Biochemical name:Kiwellin
MW(SDS-PAGE):28 kDa
Allergenicity:Sera from two patients reporting significant symptoms upon ingestion of kiwi showed IgE binding to kiwi fruit extract and the purified 28 kDa kiwellin on Western blot.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:16328735PubMed:26146952PubMed:18442249
Route of allergen exposure:Food
Date Created:18-02-2007
Last Updated:2020-05-13 18:03:32
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Posted: 10 Sep 2014

Mature protein sequence of Act d 5.0101 was determined by N-terminal sequencing of purified protein by Tamburrini et al., Protein J. 24(7-8):423-429.

Table of IsoAllergens Click +/- for additional information
Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Act d 5.0101 P84527P845274X9U