alpha Immunoglobulins Definition

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Alpha Immunoglobulins: Heavy chains found in the Fab and Fc fragments of IMMUNOGLOBULIN A and having a molecular weight of approximately 58 kD. They contain about 470 amino acid residues arranged in four domains and an oligosaccharide component bound covalently to the Fc fragment.

Synonym: alpha immunoglobulin, alpha chain immunoglobulins.

Additional tags: alpha immunoglobulins