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==Answers to Open-Ended Questions about Antibody==
==Antibody Quiz==
Here are answers to the [http://molviz.org/antibody/antibody-questions.pdf questions provided in a document] with the Antibody tutorial available through [http://molviz.org MolviZ.Org]. Suggestions and feedback to [[Special:Emailuser/Eric_Martz|Eric Martz]].


You will get immediate feedback when you click ''Submit'' (at the bottom of the quiz). The quiz below is offered to accompany the Antibody structure tutorial at [http://molviz.org MolviZ.Org]. For the open-ended questions provided with the tutorial, '''answers''' are [[#Answers to Open-Ended Questions|below]].
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<quiz display=simple>
{How many "arms" does one antibody molecule have?
|type="{}"}
{ 3|three (i)|three. (i) _7 }
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{
|type="{}"}
How many '''Fab''' "arms" does one antibody molecule have?
{ 2|two (i)|two. (i) _7 }
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{
|type="{}"}
How many '''Fc''' "arms" does one antibody molecule have?
{ 1|one (i)|one. (i) _7 }
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{
|type="{}"}
How many CDRs are in one paratope?
{ 6|six (i)|six. (i) _7 }
||Three in the light chain variable domain plus three in the heavy chain variable domain.
{
|type="{}"}
What is the term for the smallest part of IgG1 that binds to antigen?
{ Fv (i)|Fv. (i) _7 }
||The variable fragment, containing only the variable domains: Fv.
{<hr>'''An IgG1 molecule has a molecular weight of 150 kilo Daltons.'''}
{
|type="{}"}
What is the approximate molecular weight of one immunoglobulin domain in kD?
{ 10-13 _7 } kD.
||Twelve Ig domains in one IgG1 molecule. 150/12 = 12.5 kD.
{
|type="{}"}
What is the approximate molecular weight of a single Fc in kD?
{ 48-55 _7 } kD.
||Fc is one of three roughly equal-sized arms, each containing 8 Ig domains. 150/3 = 50 kD.
{<hr>
'''Questions below may have <font color="red">more than one</font> correct answer.'''}
{Antibody
|type="[]"}
+ Binds to antigen.
+ When bound to a microbe, recruits macrophages and other leukocytes to kill the microbes.
+ Defends us against infections.
- Carries oxygen to tissues.
- Is a hormone.
- Strengthens bones.
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{Antibody molecules consist of
|type="[]"}
+ Protein.
- Lipid.
- Salt.
+ Sugars.
+ Carbohydrate.
+ Amino acids.
- Fatty acids.
+ Immunoglobulin domains.
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{Antibody is manufactured by
|type="[]"}
- T lymphocytes.
- The liver.
+ B lymphocytes.
- Antigen.
- G lymphocytes.
- Macrophages.
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{Variable immunoglobulin domains
|type="[]"}
+ Are in Fab.
- Are in Fc.
+ Are in all antibodies.
- Have no disulfide bonds.
- Do not contain CDRs.
- Make up the epitope.
+ Make up the paratope.
- Have the same amino acid sequence in all antibodies of a given subclass.
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{A single immunoglobulin domain contains
|type="[]"}
- Three beta sheets.
+ Two beta sheets.
- One beta sheet.
- Two alpha helices.
- One alpha helix.
+ One disulfide bond.
- Two disulfide bonds.
- A hydrophilic core.
+ A hydrophobic core.
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{Which CDRs contribute the most to antigen specificity?
|type="[]"}
- Light chain CDRs.
- Heavy chain CDRs.
- CDR1s.
- CDR2s.
+ CDR3s.
- CDR4s.
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</quiz>
Suggestions to emartz at microbio dot umass dot edu.
Educators are invited to copy this quiz into a Proteopedia page of your own, where you
could delete some questions and add some of your own. (Click the tab ''edit this page''
at the top, then block and copy everything in the box. Paste that into the wikitext box
of your own new page, and save the page. See [[Proteopedia:How to Make a Page]].)
==Answers to Open-Ended Questions==
Here are answers to the questions provided in a document with the Antibody tutorial.


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<!--15-->The analogy is to a single immunoglobulin domain. The two beta sheets are the "bread"; the butter is the hydrophobic core; and the toothpick represents the disulfide bond.
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