6.3.1 Molecular Biological Properties
 

Thaumatin-homologue Protein	References
Allergen Nomenclature Mal d 2	(1) Larsen & Lowenstein 1999
Molecular Mass  31 kDa (SDS-PAGE, 1)	(1) Hsieh et al. 1995
Isoelectric Point
Amino Acid Sequence N-terminus aa 1-26 (1): AKITFTNNXPNTVWPGILTGFGQKPQ	(1) Hsieh et al. 1995
Sequence Homology Antifungal protein PR5 fragment aa 27-43 (thaumatin-like protein from Arabidopsis thaliana): 46% identity to N-terminal sequence (1) N-terminus of wheat trimatin, oat avematin, and barley thaumatin-like protein: 46% identity to N-terminal sequence (1)	(1) Hsieh et al. 1995

 6.3.2 Allergenic Properties
 

Thaumatin-homologue Protein	References
Frequency of Sensitization IgE-binding to 31-kDa-Allergen in 75% of patients (1)	(1) see 6.1 Sensitization to Apple Allergens