Soybean Glycinin G1 Acidic Chain Shares IgE Epitopes with Peanut Allergen Ara h 3

Abstract

The IgE epitopes identified for glycinin G1 acidic chain apparently represent an allergenic region of several legume family seed storage proteins. Our findings indicate that the identification of IgE epitopes and structural analysis of legume family proteins will provide valuable information to the study of food allergies.