PolysacDB O-polysaccharide 2078

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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

O-polysaccharide

[edit] Carbohydrate Class

O-polysaccharide [LPS]

[edit] Source Microbe

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain IT-1

[edit] Basic Structure

O-polysaccharides of the LPS consists of tetra- and tri-α-D-rhamnose repeats in the backbone [-3)D-Rha(α1->3)D-Rha(α1-->2)D-Rha(α1->2)D-Rha(α1] and [3)D-Rha(α1-->3)D-Rha(α1-->2)D-Rha(α1-]

[edit] Proposed functions

N/A

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Healthy adult human individual B cells

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Mab C1G8

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgA

[edit] Assay System

ELISA, radial immunodiffusion, In vivo protection assays, Opsonophagocytosis assays

[edit] Cross-reactivity

N/A

[edit] Proposed epitopes

N/A

[edit] Proposed Utility

This Mab showed opsonophagocytic activity

[edit] Weblink

PubMed Central

[edit] External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database