Taxonomic group: bacteria / Firmicutes
(Phylum: Firmicutes)
Associated disease: infection due to Enterococcus faecalis [ICD11:
XN2H4 
]
NCBI PubMed ID: 17009947Publication DOI: 10.1134/S000629790609001XJournal NLM ID: 0376536Publisher: Nauka/Interperiodica
Correspondence: ovoys

physiol.komisc.ru
Institutions: Institute of Physiology, Komi Science Center, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar 167982, Russia
Structural patterns of bacterial capsular antigens including capsular polysaccharides and exoglycans are given in this review. In addition, the immunological activity of capsular antigens and their role in type specificity of bacteria are discussed.
structure, capsular polysaccharides, bacterial capsular antigens, bacterial exoglycans, immunological activity, type specificity
Structure type: polymer chemical repeating unit
Location inside paper: p.941
Compound class: CPS
Contained glycoepitopes: IEDB_136044,IEDB_137472,IEDB_141794,IEDB_142487,IEDB_142488,IEDB_146664,IEDB_190606,IEDB_983931,SB_165,SB_166,SB_187,SB_192,SB_195,SB_6,SB_7,SB_88
Comments, role: review; Streptococcus faecalis belongs to group D
NCBI Taxonomy refs (TaxIDs): 1351Reference(s) to other database(s): GTC:G54974QO
Show glycosyltransferases
There is only one chemically distinct structure: