CHEBI:60963 - colanic acid

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ChEBI Name colanic acid
ChEBI ID CHEBI:60963
Definition A polyanionic heteropolysaccharide containing a repeat unit with D-glucose, L-fucose, D-galactose, and D-glucuronic acid sugars that are non-stoichiometrically decorated with O-acetyl and pyruvate side-chains
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Submitter Midori Harris
Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): antigen
Any substance that stimulates an immune response in the body, such as through antibody production or by presentation to a T-cell receptor after binding to a major histocompability complex (MHC).
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Outgoing colanic acid (CHEBI:60963) has role antigen (CHEBI:59132)
colanic acid (CHEBI:60963) is a polysaccharide derivative (CHEBI:65212)
Synonym Source
M-antigen SUBMITTER
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CPD0-1099 MetaCyc
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Last Modified
12 July 2012