BIOPEP-UWM: Report

ID 7007
Name synthetic peptide from alpha-gliadin
sequence
YPQPQPFPSQQP

Function:
 
Number of residues
12
Activity code
ctox
Activity :
celiac toxic
Chemical mass 1413.5288 Monoisotopic mass 1412.6703
EC50 :
0.00 µM



Bibliographic data:
Authors
Krupickova S., Tuckova L., Flegelove Z., Michalak M., Walters J. R. F., Whelan A., Harries J., Vencovsky J., Tlaskalova-Hogenova H.
Title
Identification of common epitopes on gliadin, enterocytes, and calreticulin recognised antigliadin antibodies of patients with coeliac disease. Gut, 1999, 44, 168-173
Year Source
1999 Journal



Additional information:
Coeliac disease is a permanent intolerance to the gluten or storage proteins found in some cereals. According to De Ritis and coworkers, small sequences of amino acids are common to the peptides linked with the toxicity. It has also been suggested that Tyr-containing motif is also associated with toxicity.
Coeliac disease has many similarities with autoimmune system. Sera of patients with coeliac contain high concentration of antibodies to gliadin.



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