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immunoglobulin constant region; fragment crystallizable region (Fc)
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.
Specific
heavy chain constant region-1
heavy chain constant region-2
heavy chain constant region-3
heavy chain constant region-4
light chain constant region
General
immunoglobulin superfamily domain
exoplasmic domain
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