Answer to Question #33598 in Microbiology for Susie McClure

Question

Does a monoclonal antibody have one antigen binding type and many constant regions or one antigen binding type and one constant region?

Answer 1

A monoclonal antibody, as all antibodie,s have one antigen binding type.The fragment antigen-binding (Fab fragment) is a region on an antibody that binds to antigens. It is composed of one constant and one variable domain of each of the heavy and the light chain.&