Mouse IgG antibodies are commonly used in immunology to detect a protein or study how a mouse fights off a virus. However, ...

The immune system’s capacity to distinguish self from non-self is in large part mediated by immunoglobulins, with IgG playing a pivotal role in both protective and pathological responses.

A Japanese research team has uncovered how sugar chains (glycans) modifications dynamically regulate the structure and function of human immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies. By integrating nuclear ...

The lower hinge of immunoglobulin G (IgG), an overlooked part of the antibody, acts as a structural and functional control hub, according to a study by researchers at Science Tokyo. Deleting a single ...

Deleting a single amino acid (Pro230) in the lower hinge produced half-IgG1 molecules with disrupted disulfide bonds and reoriented Fab and Fc regions, highlighting the hinge’s essential role in ...