Digestion-resistant allergen
Natural purified Eriocheir sinensis hemocyanin is confirmed as a crustacean allergen, resistant to trypsin digestion; boiling and steaming reduce its allergenicity.
Jiada, Lu · Zhang, Lili · Shi, Wenzheng · Jin, Yinzhe · Lu, Ying
Food Chemistry 2023
Reacts with serum IgE from crustacean patients
Resistant to trypsin digestion
Boiling and steaming induce increased β-sheet and decreased allergenicity
Five epitopes identified, two (P3 and P10) exactly matching predictions from six bioinformatics tools