CarboDB Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex 1008

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Contents

[edit] Carbohydrate Name

Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex

[edit] Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

[edit] Source Microbe

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[edit] Basic Structure

Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex is the fraction of the mycobacterial cell wall left after removing all soluble carbohydrates, proteins and lipids


[edit] Proposed functions

Contains lipoarabinomannan as well as arabinose that are important virulence factors

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Mabs 4f11

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgM

[edit] Assay System

Indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA, western blotting

[edit] Cross-reactivity

This antibody cross-reacted with large number of mycobacterial species.

[edit] Proposed epitopes

Arabinose moiety of Lipoarabinomannan

[edit] Proposed Utility

This antibody has been used in the detection of mycobacteria in clinical samples

[edit] Weblink

PubMed Central

[edit] External Links

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