Table 1

Contents of CED database entries

Entry Field
Description

Conformational epitope ID
Unique identification of the epitope used in CED database.
Constitution and location
Residues that constitute the epitope and their locations.
Epitope immunoproperty
Immunological property of the epitope. For example, any epitope will be considered as neutralizing if the activity of its source antigen is blocked when binding to its corresponding antibody.
Corresponding antibody
Antibody that recognizes and binds this conformational epitope.
Experimental method
Experiment techniques used to identify this epitope, e.g. NMR.
Source antigen
The name of the antigen on which the conformational epitope exists.
Sequence of source antigen
Sequence ID of the source antigen in primary sequence databases such as SwissProt and GenBank; hyperlinked.
Structure of source antigen
PDB ID of the source antigen; hyperlinked
Structure of Ag-Ab complex
PDB ID of the source antigen-antibody complex; hyperlinked.
Chemoproperty of source antigen
Chemical property of source antigen. If the source antigen is an enzyme, it is hyperlinked to KEGG enzyme.
Publication reference
PubMed ID of article that report this epitope; hyperlinked.
Comments
Miscellaneous information of the epitope. It is often about the location difference between the reference and the sequence database.

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