immunoglobulin constant region; fragment crystallizable region (Fc)
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Introduction
Ig constant chain domains & a single extracellular domain of MHC chains are related. These homologous domains are about 100 amino acid residues with a conserved intradomain disulfide.
The constant region of immunoglobulins determines the mechanism used to destroy antigen.
More general terms
More specific terms
- heavy chain constant region-1
- heavy chain constant region-2
- heavy chain constant region-3
- heavy chain constant region-4
- light chain constant region
References
- ↑ prosite :accession PS00290
- ↑ Antibody structure http://www.biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/antibody/structure.html
- ↑ Wikipedia: Fragment crystallizable region https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragment_crystallizable_region