Purification, cloning, expression and immunological analysis of <i>Scylla serrata</i> arginine kinase, the crab allergen

Abstract

Both of purified nAK and rAK reacted positively with sera from subjects with crustacean allergy in immunoblotting and GICA analysis, indicating AK is a common allergen of mud crab. In vitro expressed AK is proposed as a source of the protein for immunological or clinical studies.