Antigen Name : K218
AKID : AK218
Schematic representation.
Chemical representation.
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Note: K-antigen (A) corresponds to 3-OH-butyrate group substitution and (B) corresponds to acetyl substitution in the place of 'R' in the given Chemical representation
K-antigen: K218(A)
K-antigen: K218(B)
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Reference:
(Chemical representation is adopted from following reference paper(s))
Kasimova, A.A., Dudnik, A.G., Shashkov, A.S., Shneider, M.M., Christofferson, A., Shelenkov, A.A., Mikhailova, Y.V., Kenyon, J.J. and Knirel, Y.A. (2022). The K218 capsular polysaccharide produced by Acinetobacter baumannii isolate 52-249 includes 5,7-di-N-acetylpseudaminic acid linked by a KpsS3 glycosyltransferase. International journal of biological macromolecules, 218, 310-316.
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