Antibody_basic_unit.svg
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Description Antibody basic unit.svg |
English:
Schematic diagram of an
antibody
(immunoglobulin).
It consists of two heavy chains (blue, yellow) and two light chains (green, pink). One of the two antigen-binding regions is circled: they are formed by the variable regions at the tip of the antibody. The heavy chains have (starting from the N-terminus at the tip) a variable domain (V H ), followed by a constant domain (C H 1), a hinge region, and two more constant domain (C H 2, C H 3). The light chains have a variable domain (V L ) and a constant domain (C L ). The C H 2 and C H 3 regions form the crystallizable fragment (Fc). The variable and C H 1, C L regions form a pair of antigen-binding fragments (Fab). Disulfide bonds between the chains are drawn as S-S. Their exact number and location varies for different isotypes . |
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Source | Own work , based on File:Immunoglobulin basic unit.svg by Y_tambe |
Author | Tokenzero |
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