Research Article

Are Ancient Durum Wheats Less Toxic to Celiac Patients? A Study of α-Gliadin from Graziella Ra and Kamut

Table 2

p31–49, DQ2-Glia-α1, DQ2-Glia-α2, DQ2-Glia-α3, and DQ8-Glia-α1 epitopes variants detected in durum wheats under study.

AccessionLocusp31–49DQ2-Glia-α1DQ2-Glia-α2DQ2-Glia-α3DQ8-Glia-α1

Cappelli_LGli-A2cscsPQPQLPYSQcsQVSFQPSQLN
Cappelli_SGli-A2LGQQQPFPPQQPYPQPQTFPFPQPQLPHPQPQLPHSQFRPQQPISQQGSFRPSQQN

Flaminio_LGli-B2PGQQQQFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFPPQQPYPQQVSFQPSQLN
Flaminio_SGli-B2PGQQQPFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFSPQQPYPQcs

Grazia_LGli-B2PGQQQQFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFPPQQPYPQQVFFQPSQLN
Grazia_SGli-A2LGQQQQFPPQQPDPQPQPFcsPQPQLPYSQFRPQQPYLQQGFFRPSQQN

Graziella_LGli-B2PGQQQPFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFPTQQPYPQQVSFQPSQLN
Graziella_SGli-B2PGQQQPFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFPTQQPYPQQGSFQPSQLN

Kamut_LGli-B2PGQQQQFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFPPQQPYPQQVSFQPSQLN
Kamut_SGli-A2LGQQQPFPPQQPYPQAQPFcsPQPQLPYSQcsQGSFWPSQQN

Svevo_LGli-B2PGQQQQFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFPPQQPYPQQVSFQPSQLN
Svevo_SGli-B2PGQQQQFPPQQPYPQPQPFPFP-PQLPYP-PQLPYPQFSPQQPYPQQGFFQPSQQN

Canonical sequences (cs), p31–49: L1G2Q3Q4Q5P6F7P8P9Q10Q11P12Y13P14Q15P16Q17P18F19; DQ2-Glia-α1: P1(F/Y)2P3Q4P5Q6L7P8Y9; DQ2-Glia-α2: P1Q2P3Q4L5P6Y7P8Q9; DQ2-Glia-α3: F1R2P3Q4Q5P6Y7P8Q9; DQ8-Glia-α1: Q1G2S3F4Q5P6S7Q8Q9N10. In bold underlined: aminoacid substitution; hyphen: aminoacid deletion.