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Mus a2:
Allergen name: Mus a 2
Lineage:
Source: Plantae Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Species: Musa acuminata (Banana)
Biochemical name:
Class 1 chitinase
MW(SDS-PAGE):
33 kDa
Food allergen:
Yes
+/- Isoallergen and variants GenBank Nucleotide UniProt PDB
Mus a 2.0101 AJ277278 Q8VXF1
Mus a 3:
Allergen name: Mus a 3
Lineage:
Source: Plantae Liliopsida
Order: Zingiberales
Species: Musa acuminata (Banana)
Biochemical name:
Non-specific lipid transfer protein
MW(SDS-PAGE):
9 kDa
Allergenicity:
20% of 36 banana allergic individuals had IgE that bound to the natural Mus a 3 in Western blot. 86% (31/36) of
individual sera showed specific IgE binding to the purified homologous peach allergen Pru p 3 in an ELISA.