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Unlocking the allergenic structure of the major house dust mite allergen der f 2 by elimination of key intramolecular interactions.
FEBS letters - 3 Nov 2000
Takai T, Ichikawa S, Yokota T, Hatanaka H, Inagaki F, Okumura Y
Abstract excerpt
We report on the structural background of the remarkable reduction of allergenicity in engineering of the major house dust mite allergen Der f 2. Disruption of intramolecular disulfide bonds in Der f 2 caused extensive conformational change that was monitored by circular dichroism and gel-filtration analysis. The degree of conformational change correlated well with the degree of reductions in the capacity to bind...
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