Which part of an antibody influences it's biological function
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Introduction: Antibody is also known as immunoglobulin, a protein formed by the immune system of body to response attack of antigen.
Antibody structure composed of two identical light (L) chains and two identical heavy (H) chains, these are kept together by disulphide bonds to make a flexible Y shape. Each chain is composed of a variable (V) region and a constant (C) region.
The common symbolization for the light chain variable region is VL and for the light chain constant region is CL. The representation is same for the heavy chain variable (VH) and constant regions (CH) with CH1, CH2, and CH3 symbolizing the different constant region domains of the heavy chain.
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