UniProt functional annotation for P04722

UniProt code: P04722.

Organism:		Triticum aestivum (Wheat).
Taxonomy:		Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Liliopsida; Poales; Poaceae; BOP clade; Pooideae; Triticodae; Triticeae; Triticinae; Triticum.
Function:		Gliadin is the major seed storage protein in wheat.
Ptm:		Substrate of transglutaminase. {ECO:0000250}.
Allergen:		Causes an allergic reaction in human. Is the cause of the celiac disease, also known as celiac sprue or gluten-sensitive enteropathy (By similarity). {ECO:0000250}.
Miscellaneous:		The alpha/beta-gliadins can be divided into 5 homology classes. Sequence divergence between the classes is due to single base substitutions and to duplications or deletions within or near direct repeats. There are more than a 100 copies of the gene for alpha/beta- gliadin per haploid genome.
Similarity:		Belongs to the gliadin/glutenin family. {ECO:0000305}.

Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.