Research Article
Tropomyosin and Actin Identified as Major Allergens of the Carpet Clam (Paphia textile) and the Effect of Cooking on Their Allergenicity
Table 1
Identities of major protein spots of carpet clam (Paphia textile) identified by mass spectrometry analysis.
| Spot number | MW (kDa) and pI of matched proteins: observed/predicted | Protein identification | Organism | Accession number | Residue numbers of matched regions | Coverage of protein sequence |
| 1 | 37/32.5 kDa, 4.7/4.6 | Tropomyosin | Balanus rostratus | A2V716 | 34–46, 153–178, 205–238 | 25% | 2 | 42/41.7 kDa, 5.5/5.3 | Actin | Haliotis discus discus | B6RB19 | 21–30, 240–255 | 6% |
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