In
this blog we are going to take a fine look about the chemical structures of
antibodies in basic simplicity to be able to understand how they work with the
immune system.
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They
are mainly made of Y shaped glycoprotein and are a member of the family of
immunoglobulin’s (in fact antibodies or immunoglobulin’s are used
interchangeably), and they are mainly produced through the plasma cells which
the same as white blood cells, their main form when they are produced is the
soluble form because they are secreted, and they only change to the membrane
bound form when they are in interactions with other proteins.
The
antibodies are significant because they happen to be the main way the immune
system detects antigen proteins which are present in any form of foreign body
that enters the host, and whenever they are present the antibody through a key lock
relationship binds to the antigen and either tags it for the immune system to
act on it or attack it itself directly. Antibodies can be modified to override
immune responses which are the basis of immunotherapy.
These
immunoglobulins are mainly made of two sets of chains that form the Y shape
that is two large and heavy chains and two small and light chains. Based on the
heavy chains they are classified into different types of iso types, mainly
these iso types differ to be able to adapt to any type of antigen proteins.
The
way the antigen protein is bound to the antibody is through the hyper variable
tip of the antibody which fits precisely to the type of antigen present.
And
what gives every single antibody a very great form of flexibility is that heavy
chain base can be exchanged for another forming a different iso type and thus
it can be used for a different form of antigen, this is what makes a single
antibody capable of being used throughout the immune system in many places.
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