| PolysacDB ID | 1241 |
| Carbohydrate Name | O-polysaccharide (Drugpedia) |
| Carbohydrate Class | Lipopolysaccharide |
| Microbe | Brucella melitensis Rev2 (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
| Basic Structure | O-polysaccharide consists of an unbranched linear homopolymer of 10 to 100 α-1,2-linked 4-formamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-mannose (N formylperosamine) residues. The O-polysaccharide is covalently linked to a core oligosaccharide
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| BCSDB Structure | N/A |
| Proposed functions | N/A |
| Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | Whole B. melitensis Cells |
| Carrier Name | Nil |
| Conjugation Method | Nil |
| Antibodies | Mab 6B3B2 |
| Antibody type and class | IgG3 |
| Assay System | ELISA |
| Cross-reactivity | This Mab was specific to M strains of Brucella and did not cross-react with Brucella A strain, S-LPSs of S.urbana, Vibrio cholerae and E. coli O:157 |
| Proposed epitopes | This Mab did not bind purified O-polysaccharide |
| IEDB Epitope | N/A |
| Proposed Utility | This Mab helped in the epitope strucure elucidation |
| Curator ID | AA + AS |
| Date of Curation | 03-04-2010
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| References | PMC175246 |