CarboDB Antigen 5 1628

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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

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

unheated, lyophilized M. tuberculosis H37Ra culture filtrate solids

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab TB5-2

Antibody type and class

IgG

Assay System

affinity chromatography, ELISA

Cross-reactivity

This Mab cross-reacted with M. kansasii

Proposed epitopes

Arabinomannan residues seemed to be a part of the epitope

Proposed Utility

N/A

Weblink

PubMed

External Links

• Link to CarboDB database