PolysacDB Glycopeptidolipid antigen 1694

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Contents

Carbohydrate Name

Glycopeptidolipid antigen

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Mycobacterium avium complex serovar 8

Basic Structure

This antigen is composed of a glycosylated lipopeptide core, fatty acyl-D-phenylalanine-D-allothreonine-D-alanine-L-alaninyl-O-(3,4-di-O-methyl-α-L-rhamnopyranoside), to which a haptenic oligosaccharide is linked at the threonine substituent


Proposed functions

This oligosaccharide unit is the source of the dominant immunogenicity of members of the M. avium complex, i.e., their characteristic agglutinability and type specificity

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Whole cells

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab 1206.1

Antibody type and class

N/A

Assay System

ELISA, Inhibition assays, dot blot

Cross-reactivity

N/A

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

This Mab can be used for the identification and classification of M. avium isolates. This Mab can be applied directly to bacterial cultures, thus allowing easy, rapid identification of at least half of the M. avium isolates encountered in the clinical laboratory

Weblink

PubMed Central

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