Complementarity Determining Regions

Komplementära regioner

Svensk definition

Tre aminosyrasekvensregioner (CDR1, CDR2 och CDR3) i immunglobulinets variabla del, vilka är mycket divergerande.Tillsammans bildar regionerna från de lätta och tunga immunglobulinkedjorna en yta som kompletterar antigenet. Dessa regioner finns också hos andra medlemmar av immunglobulinsuperfamiljen, som t ex T-cellreceptorer.

Engelsk definition

Three regions (CDR1; CDR2 and CDR3) of amino acid sequence in the IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION that are highly divergent. Together the CDRs from the light and heavy immunoglobulin chains form a surface that is complementary to the antigen. These regions are also present in other members of the immunoglobulin superfamily, for example, T-cell receptors (RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL).

Svenska synonymer

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Engelska synonymer

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