| PolysacDB ID | 1748 |
| Carbohydrate Name | Antigen 5 (Drugpedia) |
| Carbohydrate Class | Glycoprotein |
| Microbe | Mycobacterium tuberculosis (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
| Basic Structure | Antigen 5 is a well known 35,000-dalton glycoprotein of Mycobacteriun tuberculosis
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| BCSDB Structure | N/A |
| Proposed functions | N/A |
| Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | M. tuberculosis culture filtrate |
| Carrier Name | Nil |
| Conjugation Method | Nil |
| Antibodies | Mab TB-C-3 |
| Antibody type and class | IgM |
| Assay System | ELISA, immunoabsorbent affinity chromatography |
| Cross-reactivity | This Mab is highly cross-reactive and cross-reacted with M. kansasii, M. gordonae, M. scrofulaceum and M. intracellulare and also cross-reacted with antigen 6 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Proposed epitopes | Arabinomannan and arabinogalactan residues seemed to be a part of the epitope |
| IEDB Epitope | N/A |
| Proposed Utility | This Mab would allow the purification of important mycobacterial antigens antigens |
| Curator ID | AA + AS |
| Date of Curation | 21-10-2010
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| References | PMC265954 |