PolysacDB ID | 1752 |
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-7 |
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 | 22-10-2010
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References | PMC265954 |