Ab Structure & Genetics Flashcards
Antibody producing cells
Plasma cells (type of B-cells)
COVID B and T cells seem to produce _____
immunologic memory
Antibody (Ab) can also be called
Immunoglobulin (Ig)
Part of antibody that binds antigen
Fab
Hypervariable region is called
complimentary determining region (CDR)
Classes of Immunoglobulins (Isotypes)
IgG IgA IgM IgE IgD
GAMED
What makes each class of Ig isotope different
Different Fc (constant) region
There are ___ different versions of IgG
four
There are __ different versions of IgA
two
We have a total of ___ Ig Isotypes
nine
A particular antibody will have ____ of the nine possible heavy-chain constant regions.
A particular antibody will have one of the nine possible heavy-chain constant regions.
The light chains associated with an antibody will be either ______ light chains or ______ light chains
The light chains associated with an antibody will be either kappa (k) light chains or lambda (l) light chains.
_____ is always secreted as a pentamer
IgM is always secreted as a pentamer
IgA producing plasma cells make either _____ ____ (antibody) or _____ ____ (antibody)
IgA producing plasma cells make either monomeric IgA or dimeric IgA
Polymeric Abs have a single _____ protein bound to the
Polymeric Abs have a single J-chain protein bound to the
All B cells have an antigen-specific receptor consisting of a ________ (two H-chains and two L- chains) plus a heterodimer of ______ and ______.
All B cells have an antigen-specific receptor consisting of a monomeric Ig molecule (two H-chains and two L- chains) plus a heterodimer of Ig-alpha and Ig-beta.
In B cell membrane ____ and ____ functions to deliver signals to the cell (signal transduction)
In B cell membrane Ig-alpha and Ig-beta functions to deliver signals to the cell (signal transduction)
B cells that have never been activated by antigen
Naïve B cells
B-cell receptor in Naive B cells has both ____ and ____
B-cell receptor in Naive B cells are IgM and IgD
B-cell receptor in memory B-cell are ___ or ___ or ___
B-cell receptor in memory B-cell are IgG or IgA or IgE
Antibody Effector Function
How an antibody helps eliminate a particular pathogen
Agglutination
Clumps antigens which makes them more readily removed by phagocytes