CarboDB Capsular polysaccharide 1463

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Contents 1 Carbohydrate Name 2 Carbohydrate Class 3 Source Microbe 4 Basic Structure 5 Proposed functions 6 Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies 7 Carrier Name 8 Conjugation Method 9 Antibodies 10 Antibody type and class 11 Assay System 12 Cross-reactivity 13 Proposed epitopes 14 Proposed Utility 15 Weblink 16 External Links

[edit] Carbohydrate Name

Capsular polysaccharide

[edit] Carbohydrate Class

Capsular polysaccharide

[edit] Source Microbe

Enterococcus faecalis

[edit] Basic Structure

Glycerol teichoic acid-like molecules with a carbohydrate backbone structure of 6-α-D-glucose- 1-->2 glycerol-3-PO4 with substitution on carbon 2 of the glucose with an α-2-1-D-glucose residue

[edit] Proposed functions

These polysaccharides are major virulence factors

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

nil

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Healthy human sera

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgG and IgM

[edit] Assay System

ELISA

[edit] Cross-reactivity

The antisera bound to all 4 serotypes of E. fecalis CPS-A to CPS-D

[edit] Proposed epitopes

N/A

[edit] Proposed Utility

These antibodies promote neutrophil mediated killing

[edit] Weblink

PubMed Central

[edit] External Links

• BCSDB Structural Detail

• Link to CarboDB database