Inventi Impact: Molecular Modeling

Inventi:pmm/29338/19

Conformation and Cross-Protection in Group B Streptococcus Serotype III and Streptococcus\nPneumoniae Serotype 14: A Molecular Modeling Study

Although the branched capsular polysaccharides of Streptococcus agalactiae serotype III\n(GBSIII PS) and Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 14 (Pn14 PS) differ only in the addition of a terminal\nsialic acid on the GBSIII PS side chains, these very similar polysaccharides are immunogenically\ndistinct. Our simulations of GBSIII PS, Pn14 PS and the unbranched backbone polysaccharide provide\na conformational rationale for the different antigenic epitopes identified for these PS.We find that\nside chains stabilize the proximal......................