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Question
Why is an antibody molecule represented as H2L2?
Solution
There are four polypeptide chains in each antibody molecule. Out of these four chains, two are smaller and called light chains and the other two chains are longer and called heavy chains. It is because this antibody molecule is represented as H2L2.
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