Ivana Giangrieco

TL;DR: Among the peach‐derived allergens which are already known, the lipid transfer protein (Pru p 3) seems to be the one to exert severe allergic reactions.

TL;DR: The biochemical nature of allergenic molecule belonging to a group of homologous ones should not be taken as proof of immunological recognition as well and the availability of panels of homologue molecules to be tested using microarrays is valuable to address the therapeutic intervention.

TL;DR: The experimental data indicate that, mostly in the green species, a ripe fruit may have a different concentration of total proteins and a different amount of single components when ripeness is reached by different means of postharvest handling, such as ethylene exposure with or without previous cold storage.

TL;DR: Primary structure analysis and experimental evidence suggest that kiwellin is a modular protein with two domains that may undergo in vivo proteolytic processing by actinidin, thus producing KiTH and kissper, a recently described pore-forming peptide.

TL;DR: The data collected in this study provide a first set of information on the molecular properties of Peamaclein, which could lead to the possible use of the denatured form of this protein as a vaccine, and of the inclusion of cooked peach in the diet of subjects allergic to Peamaclesin.