CarboDB Capsular polysaccharide 1507

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Contents

Carbohydrate Name

Capsular polysaccharide

Carbohydrate Class

Capsular polysaccharide

Source Microbe

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotype b strain 81-750

Basic Structure

Consists of a common backbone consisting of disaccharide repeating units, [->6)-α-DGlcpNAc (1-->5)-β-Kdop-(2-->]n, but, in addition, the CPS of serotype 5b has a lateral β-D glucopyranosyl residue


Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

formaldehyde killed cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab 1D1

Antibody type and class

IgG3

Assay System

ELISA and dot ELISA

Cross-reactivity

This antibody cross-reacted strongly with LPS and CPS of serotype 5a.

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

This Mab can be used to detect the presence of bacterial antigens in lungs from infected animals

Weblink

PubMed Central

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