PolysacDB Antigen 5 1628

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Contents 1 Carbohydrate Name 2 Carbohydrate Class 3 Source Microbe 4 Basic Structure 5 Proposed functions 6 Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies 7 Carrier Name 8 Conjugation Method 9 Antibodies 10 Antibody type and class 11 Assay System 12 Cross-reactivity 13 Proposed epitopes 14 Proposed Utility 15 Weblink 16 External Links

[edit] Carbohydrate Name

Antigen 5

[edit] Carbohydrate Class

Miscellaneous

[edit] Source Microbe

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

[edit] Basic Structure

Antigen 5 is a well known 35,000-dalton glycoprotein of Mycobacteriun tuberculosis

[edit] Proposed functions

N/A

[edit] Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies

unheated, lyophilized M. tuberculosis H37Ra culture filtrate solids

[edit] Carrier Name

nil

[edit] Conjugation Method

nil

[edit] Antibodies

Mab TB5-2

[edit] Antibody type and class

IgG

[edit] Assay System

affinity chromatography, ELISA

[edit] Cross-reactivity

This Mab cross-reacted with M. kansasii

[edit] Proposed epitopes

Arabinomannan residues seemed to be a part of the epitope

[edit] Proposed Utility

N/A

[edit] Weblink

PubMed

[edit] External Links

• Link to PolysacDB database