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dangina [55]
1 year ago
14

Antibodies:_____.

Biology
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Y_Kistochka [10]1 year ago
6 0

Antibodies have a variable region that binds to a specific antigenic determinant.

Antibody

An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The antibody recognizes a unique molecule of the pathogen, called an antigen. Each tip of the "Y" of an antibody contains a paratope (analogous to a lock) that is specific for one particular epitope (analogous to a key) on an antigen, allowing these two structures to bind together with precision. Using this binding mechanism, an antibody can tag a microbe or an infected cell for attack by other parts of the immune system or can neutralize it directly (for example, by blocking a part of a virus that is essential for its invasion).

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