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