PolysacDB Lipopolysaccharide 2337
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Carbohydrate Name
Lipopolysaccharide
Carbohydrate Class
Lipopolysaccharide
Source Microbe
Shigella flexneri serotype 2a
Basic Structure
Chemically, the O-antigen is a polysaccharide chain of variable length, built up by repetitive sequences of tetra- to hexasaccharides. It consists of a basic tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of three rhamnoses and one N-acetylglucosamine was common to all S. flexneri strains (except serotype 17): -2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-β-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->
Proposed functions
LPS plays an important virulence role based on its antiphagocytic and endotoxic properties
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies
Heat killed cells
Carrier Name
nil
Conjugation Method
nil
Antibodies
Antisera raised in guinea pigs
Antibody type and class
IgA and IgG
Assay System
ELISA
Cross-reactivity
This antisera cross-reacted with serotypes 1a, 5a, and Y, but not 2b
Proposed epitopes
N/A
Proposed Utility
These results show that either immunization or challenge with the 2a serotype induces cross-reactive antibodies which recognize similar subsets of heterologous serotypes, and suggest that it may be possible to design multivalent vaccines against S. flexneri
