Antibody Classes and Domains

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Name the five antibody classes?

IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA, IgE

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What determines antibody isotype?

Heavy chain constant region

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How many domains does a light chain have?

Two

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How many domains does a heavy chain have?

Four or Five

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How many amino acids per Ig domain?

~10

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What structural feature stabalises Ig domains?

Disulfide bridges

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What protein family do antibodies belong to?

Immunoglobulin superfamily

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What differs between antibody isotypes?

Structure and function

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What determines interaction with complement?

Constant heavy (CH) regions

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What determines interaction with Fc receptors?

Fc region