Describe the structure of antibody.
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Antibodies are known as immunoglobulin as they renders immunity to a body. They are Y shaped molecule consisting of a pair of heavy chain and a light chain.
Both of them are joined by disulfide bonds. There is a constant region and a variable region.
Antigens bind to the variable region after their epitopes being recognised by a specific antibody.
There are five types of antibodies -IgA , IgG, IgM, IgE, IgD.
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