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 ID2277
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-1
Antibody type and classIgG3
Assay SystemELISA
Cross-reactivityMASF IV-1 antibodies recognized all but one of the S. flexneri 4a strains (O antigens IV:3,4) and all serotype 4 strains (O antigen IV only; IV:-), but neither of the two 4b (O antigens IV:6) strains available
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


Entry No. - 2   [TOP]
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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