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 ID1127
Carbohydrate NameCA antigen   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassGlycoprotein
Microbe NameAspergillus fumigatus 2085   (NCBI Taxonomy)   (Drugpedia)
Basic StructureGalactomannans are composed of an α-1,6-linked mannan backbone substituted with mannopyranose oligosaccharides and immunodominant terminal galactofuranose present either singly or linked to oligogalactosides
BCSDB StructureN/A
Proposed FunctionThe wide distribution and similar chemical structure of the galactomannans have been responsible for serologic cross-reactions
Antigenic NatureCell walls of A. fumigatus 2085
Carrier NameNil
Conjugate MethodNil
AntibodiesMab SC1
Antibody Type ClassIgM
Assay SystemEnzyme Immunoassay, Precipitin reactions, Immunoblotting, Immunofluorescence assays
Cross ReactivityMAb SC1 was reactive with other Aspergillus species, Fusarium sp., and dermatophytes
Proposed EpitopeGalactomannan residues seemed to be the part of immunodominant region
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThese MAbs will be useful as immunoprobes for studying epitopes responsible for the shared antigenicity of fungal mannans and galactomannans and for examining their expression during hyphal and conidial morphogenesis
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation07-02-2010
ReferencesPMC258783

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PolysacDB ID1128
Carbohydrate NameCA antigen   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassGlycoprotein
Microbe NameAspergillus fumigatus 2085   (NCBI Taxonomy)   (Drugpedia)
Basic StructureGalactomannans are composed of an α-1,6-linked mannan backbone substituted with mannopyranose oligosaccharides and immunodominant terminal galactofuranose present either singly or linked to oligogalactosides
BCSDB StructureN/A
Proposed FunctionThe wide distribution and similar chemical structure of the galactomannans have been responsible for serologic cross-reactions
Antigenic NatureCell walls of A. fumigatus 2086
Carrier NameNil
Conjugate MethodNil
AntibodiesMab SC40
Antibody Type ClassIgG
Assay SystemEnzyme Immunoassay, Precipitin reactions, Immunoblotting, Immunofluorescence assays
Cross ReactivityMAb SC40 was reactive with other Aspergillus species, Fusarium sp., and dermatophytes.also cross-reacted to mannans of Candida albicans serotype A and B, C.tropicalis
Proposed EpitopeGalactomannan residues seemed to be the part of immunodominant region
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThese MAbs will be useful as immunoprobes for studying epitopes responsible for the shared antigenicity of fungal mannans and galactomannans and for examining their expression during hyphal and conidial morphogenesis
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation08-02-2010
ReferencesPMC258783

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