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Q. The immunoglobulin disulfides do not join

AMUAMU 2014Human Health and Disease

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All immunolgobulin (antibody) molecules are composed of two, long heavy chains and two are short light chains, both arranged in the shape of the letter $Y$. Two heavy chains and light chains are bound together by disulphide and non-covalent bonds.