IgE-binding epitopes of various fish parvalbumins exist in a stereoscopic conformation maintained by Ca(2+) binding

Allergol Int. 2016 Jul;65(3):345-8. doi: 10.1016/j.alit.2016.02.004. Epub 2016 May 13.

Authors

Ayako Kobayashi¹, Ayako Ichimura¹, Yukihiro Kobayashi², Kazuo Shiomi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Marine Biosciences, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan; Course of Safety Management in Food Supply Chain, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: yukihiro@kaiyodai.ac.jp.

PMID: 27184826
DOI: 10.1016/j.alit.2016.02.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Calcium / chemistry
Calcium / metabolism*
Epitopes / chemistry
Epitopes / immunology*
Epitopes / metabolism
Fishes / immunology*
Food Hypersensitivity / immunology*
Food Hypersensitivity / metabolism
Humans
Immunoglobulin E / chemistry
Immunoglobulin E / immunology*
Immunoglobulin E / metabolism
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Parvalbumins / chemistry
Parvalbumins / immunology*
Parvalbumins / metabolism
Protein Binding / immunology

Substances

Epitopes
Parvalbumins
Immunoglobulin E
Calcium