PolysacDB: A comprehensive database of microbial polysaccharide antigens and their antibodies

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Citation: Aithal A, Sharma A, Joshi S, Raghava GPS, Varshney GC (2012) PolysacDB: A Database of Microbial Polysaccharide Antigens and Their Antibodies. PLoS ONE 7(4): e34613. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034613
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PolysacDB ID2278
Carbohydrate NameO-polysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeShigella flexneri serotype 4a   (NCBI Taxonomy)   (Drugpedia)
Basic StructureChemically, the O-antigen is a polysaccharide chain of variable length, built up by repetitive sequences of tetra- to hexasaccharides. It consists of a basic tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of three rhamnoses and one N-acetylglucosamine was common to all S. flexneri strains (except serotype 17): -2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-β-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->
BCSDB Structure4951
Proposed functionsLPS plays an important virulence role based on its antiphagocytic and endotoxic properties
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodiesWhole cells
Carrier NameNil
Conjugation MethodNil
AntibodiesMab MASF IV-2
Antibody type and classIgG2c
Assay SystemELISA
Cross-reactivityThis Mab cross-reacted with serotype 4b. The MASF IV-2 antibodies agglutinated the two 4b strains, 14 of 20 4a strains (among them the strain that was negative for MASF IV-1), and 19 of 21 serotype 4 strains
Proposed epitopesα-D-Glcp-1-->6-β-D-GlcpN residues seemed to be the part of the epitope
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThis Mab may prove to be valuable reagents in the studies of protective immunity against Shigella bacteria
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation16-03-2011
References2437036


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PolysacDB ID2335
Carbohydrate NameLipopolysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeShigella flexneri   (NCBI Taxonomy)   (Drugpedia)
Basic StructureChemically, the O-antigen is a polysaccharide chain of variable length, built up by repetitive sequences of tetra- to hexasaccharides. It consists of a basic tetrasaccharide repeating unit consisting of three rhamnoses and one N-acetylglucosamine was common to all S. flexneri strains (except serotype 17): -2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->2)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-α-L-Rhap-(1-->3)-β-D-GlcpNAc-(1-->
BCSDB Structure3707
Proposed functionsN/A
Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodiesHeat killed cells
Carrier NameNil
Conjugation MethodNil
AntibodiesMab MASF IV-2
Antibody type and classIgG2c
Assay SystemELISA, slide agglutination
Cross-reactivityThis Mab cross-reacted with serotype 4a
Proposed epitopesN/A
IEDB Epitope76815
Proposed UtilityThis Mab can be useful for antigen detection in stool samples. Furthermore, use of the panel of monoclonal antibodies made it possible to identify two strains (Y394 and Y400) as putative members of a new provisional serotype of S. flexneri
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation05-04-2011
ReferencesPMC267520


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