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Allergen Details:

Allergen name: Fag e 5
Lineage: Source: Plantae Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Species: Fagopyrum esculentum (Common buckwheat)
Obsolete name:8S storage protein
Biochemical name:Vicilin-like protein
MW(SDS-PAGE):55 kDa
Allergenicity:Seven subjects positive by case history, two of the seven positive by food challenge. In vitro IgE testing by ELISA: six of seven positive. Controls were performed with sera from 5 healthy donors, and 28 sera from atopic controls. Testing was to native protein (identified by LC-MS/MS) purified from buckwheat seed. Not yet published 7 Oct 2017.
Food allergen:Yes
Date Created:2017-10-07 10:14:14
Last Updated:2017-10-09 10:36:28
Submitter Info:
Name:Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Sabine Geiselhart
Institution:Medical University of Vienna, Dept. of Pathophysiology
City:Vienna, Austria
Email:karin.hoffmann@muv.ac.at, sabine.geiselhart@muv.ac.at
Date:2017-09-20

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Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide GenBank Protein UniProt PDB
Fag e 5.0101AY536051AY536051.1Q6QJL1