PolysacDB O-polysaccharide 2288
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[edit] Carbohydrate Name
O-polysaccharide
[edit] Carbohydrate Class
O-polysaccharide [LPS]
[edit] Source Microbe
Shigella flexneri serotype 5
[edit] Basic Structure
Chemically, the O-antigen is a polysaccharide chain of variable length, built up by repetitive sequences of tetra- to hexasaccharides. It consists of a basic tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of three rhamnoses and one N-acetylglucosamine was common to all S. flexneri strains (except serotype 17): -2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-β-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->
[edit] Proposed functions
LPS plays an important virulence role based on its antiphagocytic and endotoxic properties
[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies
Whole cells
[edit] Carrier Name
nil
[edit] Conjugation Method
nil
[edit] Antibodies
Mab MASF V-3
[edit] Antibody type and class
IgM
[edit] Assay System
ELISA
[edit] Cross-reactivity
This Mab's reactivity was exclusive for S. flexneri 5a and 5b LPS
[edit] Proposed epitopes
α-D-Glc-(1-->3)-α-L-rhamnosyl residues seemed to be the part of the epitope
[edit] Proposed Utility
This Mab may prove to be valuable reagents in the studies of protective immunity against Shigella bacteria
