Conformational stability of digestion-resistant peptides of peanut conglutins reveals the molecular basis of their allergenicity

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Apostolovic, Danijela ^a   Stanic Vucinic, Dragana ^a   De Jongh, Harmen H J ^b   De Jong, Govardus A H ^c   Mihailovic, Jelena ^a   Radosavljevic, Jelena ^a   Radibratovic, Milica ^d   Nordlee, Julie A ^e   Baumert, Joseph L ^e   Milcic, Milos ^a   Taylor, Steve L ^e   Garrido Clua, Nuria ^b   Cirkovic Velickovic, Tanja ^a   Koppelman, Stef J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROTEIN BINDING; SEED STORAGE PROTEIN;

ARACHIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ALLERGENS; ARACHIS; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEOLYSIS; SEED STORAGE PROTEINS;

EID: 84977267167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29249     Document Type: Article

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