Table 1

Allergen references and analytical parameters.

Allergen
Ves v 5
Api m 1
Phl p 1
Cry j 1

aka
pathogenesis-related protein
phospholipase a2
expansin family
Polysaccharide lyase
Source
yellow jacket
honey bee
timothy grass
Japanese cedar
No. Residues
204
134
240
374

Epitopes




No. Subjects
13
20
9
18
Peptide length
12
16*
12
15
Peptide overlap
9
10*
9
10
Step
3
8*
3
6
No. Peptides
65
19
76
69
Reference
[2]
[54]
[55]
[56]

Corex stability




Structure file
1qnx
1poc
1n10
Cry j 1 model
Reference
[53]
[57]
to be published
[58]
Monte Carlo sampling
no
no
no
yes
Entropy scaling
0.994
0.885
0.85
1.039
Structure method
X-ray
X-ray
X-ray
X-ray
Homology model, template
no
no
no
yes, 1pxz

B-factor




Structure file
1qnx
1poc
1n10
1pxz
Averaging window size
15
11
15
15
1st derivative averaging window size
9
11
9
9

Sequence entropy




No. Homologs aligned
50
15
97
51
Range of identity
24–97%
11–77%
21–90%
10–75%
Strategy for identification
blast Genbank non-redundant
blast Swiss-Prot
blast Swiss-Prot
blast Swiss-Prot
Averaging window size
15
15
15
15
1st derivative averaging window size
9
9
9
9

*average value, peptide series not regular

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