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
Total Entries - 4

Entry No. - 1   [TOP]
PolysacDB ID2308
Carbohydrate NameO-polysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeShigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T   (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 StructureN/A
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 HYSF2a1
Antibody type and classIgG2b
Assay SystemELISA and immunoblotting
Cross-reactivityHySF2a1 reacted only with 2a and 5a LPSs
Proposed epitopesThis Mab is likely recognizing an epitope influenced by the presence of a single α-D-glycosyl residue on one of the rhamnose residues
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThis Mab may have implications for designing a Shigella vaccine that will be protective against related serotypes. This Mab may also be used to study the ultrastructural surface distribution of LPSs on the surface of the bacteria
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation27-03-2011
ReferencesPMC170411


Entry No. - 2   [TOP]
PolysacDB ID2309
Carbohydrate NameO-polysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeShigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T   (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 StructureN/A
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 HYSF2a2
Antibody type and classIgM
Assay SystemELISA and immunoblotting
Cross-reactivityHySF2a2 showed the most restricted specificity, reacting only with S. flexneri 2a LPS
Proposed epitopesThis Mab is likely recognizing an epitope influenced by the presence of a single α-D-glycosyl residue on one of the rhamnose residues
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThis Mab may have implications for designing a Shigella vaccine that will be protective against related serotypes. This Mab may also be used to study the ultrastructural surface distribution of LPSs on the surface of the bacteria
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation29-03-2011
ReferencesPMC170411


Entry No. - 3   [TOP]
PolysacDB ID2310
Carbohydrate NameO-polysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeShigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T   (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 StructureN/A
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 HYSF2a3
Antibody type and classIgM
Assay SystemELISA and immunoblotting
Cross-reactivityHySF2a3 reacted only with 2a and 5a LPSs
Proposed epitopesThis Mab is likely recognizing an epitope influenced by the presence of a single α-D-glycosyl residue on one of the rhamnose residues
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThis Mab may have implications for designing a Shigella vaccine that will be protective against related serotypes. This Mab may also be used to study the ultrastructural surface distribution of LPSs on the surface of the bacteria
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation30-03-2011
ReferencesPMC170411


Entry No. - 4   [TOP]
PolysacDB ID2311
Carbohydrate NameO-polysaccharide   (Drugpedia)
Carbohydrate ClassLipopolysaccharide
MicrobeShigella flexneri serotype 2a strain 2457T   (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 StructureN/A
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 HYSF2a4
Antibody type and classIgM
Assay SystemELISA and immunoblotting
Cross-reactivityHySF2a4 reacted with 2a, 4a, 5a, and Y LPSs
Proposed epitopesHySf2a4 is directed more toward specificities conferred by the 3,4 group antigen
IEDB EpitopeN/A
Proposed UtilityThis Mab may have implications for designing a Shigella vaccine that will be protective against related serotypes. This Mab may also be used to study the ultrastructural surface distribution of LPSs on the surface of the bacteria
Curator IDAA + AS
Date of Curation30-03-2011
ReferencesPMC170411


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