For in vitro allergy diagnosis, purified food allergens have to meet high standard quality criteria. 1D 1H-NMR analysis can assess the conformation and contribute to the authentication of allergens. This method allows to i) perform a structural comparison of allergens within a protein family, ii) identify the thermal stability of food allergens and iii) detect structural differences between recombinant and natural allergens. The analysis of the 1D-1HNMR spectra reported here allowed the classification of the allergens into molecules whose spectra showed the unquestionable features of a rigid and extended tertiary structure, molecules without a rigid tertiary structure and allergens which displayed both features, tertiary structure with flexible and mobile regions. Furthermore, differences regarding thermal stability within a protein family were detected based on NMR spectra. In summary, 1D-1H-NMR proved a highly useful method requiring low protein concentrations, without 15N and 13C labeling for the structural authentication of allergens even when there is a limited quantity of protein available.
High-throughput NMR authentication of food allergens / Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber; Stefano Alessandri; Ana I. Sancho; Stefan Vieths; Peter Shewry; Clare Mills;. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 277-280.
High-throughput NMR authentication of food allergens
ALESSANDRI, STEFANO;
2012
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For in vitro allergy diagnosis, purified food allergens have to meet high standard quality criteria. 1D 1H-NMR analysis can assess the conformation and contribute to the authentication of allergens. This method allows to i) perform a structural comparison of allergens within a protein family, ii) identify the thermal stability of food allergens and iii) detect structural differences between recombinant and natural allergens. The analysis of the 1D-1HNMR spectra reported here allowed the classification of the allergens into molecules whose spectra showed the unquestionable features of a rigid and extended tertiary structure, molecules without a rigid tertiary structure and allergens which displayed both features, tertiary structure with flexible and mobile regions. Furthermore, differences regarding thermal stability within a protein family were detected based on NMR spectra. In summary, 1D-1H-NMR proved a highly useful method requiring low protein concentrations, without 15N and 13C labeling for the structural authentication of allergens even when there is a limited quantity of protein available.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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