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Antibody and Its Structure

Each immunogl...

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Each immunoglobin has two heavy chains and two light chains, the antigen binding is present in:

A

Variable region of light chain

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Variable region of both heavy and light chains

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Variable region of heavy chain

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Variable region of light chain

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Solution

The correct option is B
Variable region of both heavy and light chains

The antigen binding site is present in variable region of both heavy and light chains

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