Production and characterization of antisera raised to the manninotrionate group [alpha-D-Galp-(1----6)-alpha-D-Galp-(1----6)-D-gluconate].
Manninotrionate [alpha-D-Galp-(1----6)-alpha-D-Galp-(1----6)-D-gluconate] was coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA), and antisera were raised in rabbits to this carbohydrate-protein conjugate. The antisera were studied by quantitative precipitation and hapten inhibition. Antisera against the manninotrionate-BSA conjugate showed the greatest reactivity with the homologous manninotrionate-BSA antigen, but also cross-reacted extensively with a manninotrionate-ovalbumin conjugate. The antisera gave weak precipitin reactions with beef-lung galactan, guaran, gum arabic, and larch arabinogalactan. Quantitative hapten-inhibition studies with a series of galactosyloligosaccharides indicated that the antisera possess a high degree of specificity toward terminal alpha-D-Galp-(1----6)-alpha-D-Galp units. The antisera did not agglutinate Ehrlich ascites tumor-cells, which have been demonstrated to contain cell-surface glycoproteins having alpha-D-galactosyl end-groups.
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Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0606.
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Goldstein
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D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D006241:Haptens; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000032:analysis*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D014312:Trisaccharides / Q000276:immunology*
D006241:Haptens; D007106:Immune Sera; D014312:Trisaccharides; C061119:manninotrionate