| PolysacDB ID | 1617 |
| Carbohydrate Name | Lipooligosaccharide (Drugpedia) |
| Carbohydrate Class | Lipopolysaccharide |
| Microbe | Moraxella catarrhalis serotype A (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
| Basic Structure | LOS consists of an oligosaccharide and lipid A and is similar to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of gramnegative enteric pathogens, but it lacks the O-antigenic side chain of repeating units characteristic of classical LPS. The oligosaccharide part consists of the following residues : α-D-Galp-(1-->4)-β-D-Galp-(1-->4)-α-D-Glcp-(1-->2)-β-D-Glcp-(1-->6)-α-D-Glcp [branched to α-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->2)-β-D-Glcp-(1-->4)] and [branched to β-D-Glcp-(1-->3)] -(1-->5)-Kdo
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| BCSDB Structure | 22728
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| Proposed functions | Moracella lipooligosaccharide is a potential virulence factor |
| Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | Whole cells |
| Carrier Name | Nil |
| Conjugation Method | Nil |
| Antibodies | Polysera |
| Antibody type and class | N/A |
| Assay System | ELISA and immunoblotting |
| Cross-reactivity | This antisera was specific to serotype A |
| Proposed epitopes | A terminal α-D-GlcNAc-(1-->2)-β-D-Glc seemed to be a part of the epitope |
| IEDB Epitope | N/A |
| Proposed Utility | This antisera may help in sertotyping of moraxella strains |
| Curator ID | AA + AS |
| Date of Curation | 23-09-2010
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| References | 8636949 |