CarboDB Antigen 5 1753

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Contents

Carbohydrate Name

Antigen 5

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Basic Structure

Antigen 5 is a well known 35,000-dalton glycoprotein of Mycobacteriun tuberculosis


Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

M. tuberculosis culture filtrate

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab TB-C-8

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

ELISA, immunoabsorbent affinity chromatography

Cross-reactivity

This Mab is highly cross-reactive and cross-reacted with M. kansasii, M. gordonae, M. scrofulaceum and M. intracellulare and also cross-reacted with antigen 6 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Proposed epitopes

Arabinomannan and arabinogalactan residues seemed to be a part of the epitope

Proposed Utility

This Mab would allow the purification of important mycobacterial antigens antigens

Weblink

PubMed Central

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