PolysacDB Capsular polysaccharide 1846

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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

Neisseria meningitidis

[edit] Basic Structure

It consists of a homopolymer of α(2-->8)-linked sialic acid residues

[edit] Proposed functions

It is an important virulence factor

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Human granulocytes

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Mab My-28

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgM

[edit] Assay System

ELISA, immunoblotting

[edit] Cross-reactivity

This Mab reacted with N.meningitidis types 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9

[edit] Proposed epitopes

Lacto-N-neotetraose residue seemed to constitute the epitope

[edit] Proposed Utility

N/A

[edit] Weblink

PubMed Central

[edit] External Links

• BCSDB Structural Detail

• Link to PolysacDB database