Basic Antibody Structure
•
Cytokines
•
Fab portion
•
Fc portion
•
Fab
= fragment antigen binding (where antigen binds)
•
Fc
= fragment crystallizable (responsible for biological functions)
•
light chains
•
2 kappa (
6
)
•
or
•
2 lambda (
8
)
•
heavy chains
•
2
(
•
or
•
2
"
•
or
•
2
:
•
or
•
2
*
•
or
•
2
,
•
IgG
•
IgA
•
IgM
•
IgD
•
IgE
•
carbohydrates