Table 1.

Characteristics of Peanut Allergens

Allergen	Molecular Mass	Characteristics
Ara h 1	63 k-Da	Member of vicilin family of seed storage proteins, a 7S globulin
Ara h 2	17–19 k-Da	Member of conglutin family of seed storage proteins, a 2S albumin
Ara h 3	14–45 k-Da, processed from 64 k-Da protein	Member of glycinin family of seed storage proteins; heteromultimeric protein formed from differently proteoltically processed products of the same gene, an 11S globulin
Ara h 4	37 k-Da	Isoform of Ara h 3
Ara h 5	15 k-Da	Member of profilin family of G-actin-binding proteins
Ara h 6	15 k-Da	Member of conglutin family of seed storage proteins, a 2S albumin
Ara h 7	17 k-Da	Member of conglutin family of seed storage proteins, a 2S albumin
Ara h 8	16 k-Da	Homologous to major birch pollen allergen, Bet v 1 and other pathogenesis-related proteins
Ara h 9	9.8 k-Da	Lipid transfer protein
Ara h 10	16 k-Da	Oleosin seed storage protein
Ara h 11	14 k-Da	Oleosin seed storage protein