The specificity of an antibody is due to _.

Q. The specificity of an antibody is due to _.

A

It's valency

B

The heavy chain

C

Fc portion of the molecule

D

Variable portion of the heavy and light chain

Solution:

In an antibody, the Fab (fragment, antigen-binding) region is formed from the amino-terminal end of both the light and heavy chains of the immunoglobulin polypeptide.
This region, called the variable (V) domain, is composed of amino acid sequences.
This defines each type of antibody and their binding affinity to an antigen.

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