CarboDB Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex 1008
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Carbohydrate Name
Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex
Carbohydrate Class
Miscellaneous
Source Microbe
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Basic Structure
Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex is the fraction of the mycobacterial cell wall left after removing all soluble carbohydrates, proteins and lipids
Proposed functions
Contains lipoarabinomannan as well as arabinose that are important virulence factors
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies
Heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Carrier Name
nil
Conjugation Method
nil
Antibodies
Mabs 4f11
Antibody type and class
IgM
Assay System
Indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA, western blotting
Cross-reactivity
This antibody cross-reacted with large number of mycobacterial species.
Proposed epitopes
Arabinose moiety of Lipoarabinomannan
Proposed Utility
This antibody has been used in the detection of mycobacteria in clinical samples
