| PolysacDB ID | 1879 |
| Carbohydrate Name | Lipopolysaccharide (Drugpedia) |
| Carbohydrate Class | Lipopolysaccharide |
| Microbe | Neisseria meningitidis group A strain 4402 (NCBI Taxonomy) (Drugpedia) |
| Basic Structure | Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is composed of a homopolymer of O-acetylated, α1-->6-linked ManNAc 1-phosphate |
| BCSDB Structure | 3136 |
| Proposed functions | It is an important virulence factor |
| Antigenic Nature used to produce antibodies | Whole cells |
| Carrier Name | Nil |
| Conjugation Method | Nil |
| Antibodies | Mab MCA14.2 |
| Antibody type and class | N/A |
| Assay System | Coagglutination, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblotting |
| Cross-reactivity | This Mab cross-reacted with a group A strain having the L10 serotype and a group B meningococcal strain and Haemophilus influenzae type B, but not with the lipopolysaccharides of several strains of Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pneumoniae, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| Proposed epitopes | N/A |
| IEDB Epitope | N/A |
| Proposed Utility | N/A |
| Curator ID | AA + AS |
| Date of Curation | 21-11-2010
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| References | PMC264378 |