PolysacDB ID | 1885 |
Carbohydrate Name | Capsular polysaccharide (Drugpedia) |
Carbohydrate Class | Capsular polysaccharide |
Microbe | Neisseria meningitidis group A strain A1 (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
Basic Structure | Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is composed of a homopolymer of O-acetylated, α1-->6-linked ManNAc 1-phosphate |
BCSDB Structure | 3136
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Proposed functions | It is an important virulence factor |
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | Whole cells |
Carrier Name | Nil |
Conjugation Method | Nil |
Antibodies | Mab 4383D3 |
Antibody type and class | IgM |
Assay System | ELISA, immunodot assay, and ELISA inhibition assay |
Cross-reactivity | This Mab was highly cross-reactive and reacted with all immunotypes except L6, L11 and L14 |
Proposed epitopes | N/A |
IEDB Epitope | N/A |
Proposed Utility | N/A |
Curator ID | AA + AS |
Date of Curation | 22-11-2010
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References | PMC265440 |