PolysacDB Lipopolysaccharide 1084

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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

Lipopolysaccharide

Carbohydrate Class

Lipopolysaccharide

Source Microbe

Escherichia coli O18A

Basic Structure

The O-polysaccharide part consists of the following residues : -2)α-L-Rhap(1-->6)α-D-Glcp(1-->4)α-D-Galp [branched to β-D-GlcpNAc(1-->3)] (1-->3)α-D-GlcpNAc [branched to α-D-Glcp(1-->6)] (1-

Proposed functions

N/A

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

boiled E. coli 018A bacteria

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mab PL2

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

ELISA, immunoblotting and Bacterial agglutination tests, competitive inhibition assays

Cross-reactivity

This Mab cross-reacted with E. coli strain O18B, O18B1 and O4.

Proposed epitopes

N/A

Proposed Utility

N/A

Weblink

[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC261100 &tool=pmcentrez&rendertype=abstract PubMed Central]

External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database