Allergen Details:
| Allergen name: | Api m 4 |
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Source: Animalia Arthropoda Order: Hymenoptera Species: Apis mellifera (Honey bee) |
| Obsolete name: | Api m 3 |
| Biochemical name: | Melittin |
| MW(SDS-PAGE): | 3 |
| Allergenicity: | - Elevated serum IgE antibodies to melittin were found in 7 of 24 honeybee venom-sensitive persons and in 5 of 20 nonsensitive beekeepers, measured by RAST. - None of the 13 bee-allergic patients tested showed upregulation of the activation marker CD203c on basophils in response to Api m 4: medline 2291906. |
| Allergenicity ref.: | 850023 |
| Food allergen: | No |
| Date Created: | 2003-05-27 12:00:00 |
| Last Updated: | 2010-04-29 16:57:55 |
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Comments
| Isoallergen and variants | GenBank Nucleotide | GenBank Protein | UniProt | PDB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Api m 4.0101 | X02007 | CAA26038 | P01501 | 2MLT 1BH1 |