... IgE-binding epi-topes characterized to date in 2S albumin allergens arelocated in the large chain. Therefore, a common IgEepitope has been described in the large chain of 2Salbumins from yellow ... signal and propeptide regions, and therefore would not be present in the mature protein,but the remainder corresponded to the large chain, with two also containing cysteine residues 12, 13, 23 and ... degradation in theGI tract (such as resistance to low pH, bile salts and proteolysis), thus allowing enough allergen to survive in a sufficiently intact form to be taken up by the gut and sensitize...