| PolysacDB ID | 1895 |
| Carbohydrate Name | Glucosyl ceramide (Drugpedia) |
| Carbohydrate Class | Glycolipid |
| Microbe | Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
| Basic Structure | N/A
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| BCSDB Structure | N/A |
| Proposed functions | N/A |
| Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | Whole cells |
| Carrier Name | Nil |
| Conjugation Method | Nil |
| Antibodies | Mab MEST2 |
| Antibody type and class | IgG2a |
| Assay System | High performance thin layer chromatography immunostaining, solid phase radioimmunoassay |
| Cross-reactivity | This Mab cross-reacts with glucosyl ceramide from Histoplasma capsulatum, Sporothrix schenckii, Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Cryptococcus laurentii and Cryptococcus albidus |
| Proposed epitopes | β-D-glucose residues and 2-hydroxyl groups in the fatty acid groups seemed to a important part of the epitoipe |
| IEDB Epitope | N/A |
| Proposed Utility | This Mab should act as an effective reagent in studies for the distribution of glycoinositol-phosphoryl ceramides in the plasma membrane of different fungi |
| Curator ID | AA + AS |
| Date of Curation | 24-11-2010
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| References | 11287397 |