A protein of the globulin-type found in
serum or other body fluids that possesses
antibody activity. An individual Ig molecule is built up from two light
(
L) and two heavy
(
H) polypeptide chains linked together by disulfide bonds.
Igs are divided into five classes based on antigenic and structural differences in the
H chains.
Source:
PAC, 1992, 64, 143
(Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992))
on page 157
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