PolysacDB Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex 1008

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Contents

Carbohydrate Name

Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex

Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

Source Microbe

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Basic Structure

Mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex is the fraction of the mycobacterial cell wall left after removing all soluble carbohydrates, proteins and lipids


Proposed functions

Contains lipoarabinomannan as well as arabinose that are important virulence factors

Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

Heat killed Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Carrier Name

nil

Conjugation Method

nil

Antibodies

Mabs 4f11

Antibody type and class

IgM

Assay System

Indirect immunofluorescence, ELISA, western blotting

Cross-reactivity

This antibody cross-reacted with large number of mycobacterial species.

Proposed epitopes

Arabinose moiety of Lipoarabinomannan

Proposed Utility

This antibody has been used in the detection of mycobacteria in clinical samples

Weblink

PubMed Central

External Links