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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Den n 1
Allergen source: Major taxonomic group: Animalia Cnidaria
Order: Alcyonacea
Species: Dendronephthya nipponica (Soft coral )
NCBI Taxomony ID: 51109
MW(SDS-PAGE):53 kDa and 21 kDa band; (80 kDa non-red)
Allergenicity:In 5 patients who suffered from red soft coral-induced asthma, purified Den n 1 induced strong immediate type intradermal reactions.
Allergenicity reference:PubMed:11435730
Route of allergen exposure:Airway
Date Created:14-08-2003
Last Updated:2019-08-15 00:56:17
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Comments

Posted: 03 Feb 2017

The species identity is not clear. Originally listed as Dendronephthya nipponica, which is not recognized by NCBI Taxonomy, but is by WORM.
The protein is listed as 22 AA sequence from a 53 kDa protein or subunit of the complete protein of 84 kDa. The protein fragment is unique and cannot be found in the NCBI in January 2017.

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Den n 1.0101