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Recent Advances in Understanding the Structure and Characteristics of Hen’s Egg Ovomucoid

WANG Shuai, WU Zi-jian, LIU Jian-fu, HU Zhi-he, WANG Lian-fen   

  1. 1. Tianjin Key Laboratory of Food Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Food Science, Tianjin University
    of Commerce, Tianjin 300134, China; 2. Beijing Academy of Food Sciences, Beijing 100068, China
  • Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-12

Abstract:

Hen’s egg ovomucoid (HOVM) is the most dominant allergic protein with the strongest allergenicity in egg. In
this paper, the structure and characteristics of HOVM are reviewed with respect to amino acid sequences, carbohydrate
moieties, disulfide bond positions and three tandem domains. Meanwhile, the physicochemical properties of HOVM are also
described. The emphasis is put on discussing its allergenicity, especially its intrinsic relationships with structural features
such as disulfide bonds, carbohydrate moieties and three domains

Key words: hen’s egg ovomucoid, allergenicity, disulfide bond, carbohydrate moiety, domain

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