Heavy chains of IMMUNOGLOBULIN G having a molecular weight of approximately 51 kDa. They contain about 450 amino acid residues arranged in four domains and an oligosaccharide component covalently bound to the Fc fragment constant region. The gamma heavy chain subclasses (for example, gamma 1, gamma 2a, and gamma 2b) of the IMMUNOGLOBULIN G isotype subclasses (IgG1, IgG2A, and IgG2B) resemble each other more closely than the heavy chains of the other IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES.
Also Known As:
gamma-Chain, Immunoglobulin; Immunoglobulin gamma-Chain; gamma Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; gamma-1-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma-2a-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma-2b-Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma-Chain Immunoglobulins; Heavy Chain, gamma-1-Immunoglobulin; Heavy Chain, gamma-2a-Immunoglobulin; Heavy Chain, gamma-2b-Immunoglobulin; Immunoglobulin gamma Chain; Immunoglobulin gamma Chains; Immunoglobulins, gamma Chain; gamma 1 Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma 2a Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma 2b Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain; gamma Chain Immunoglobulins; gamma-Chains, Immunoglobulin; Immunoglobulins, gamma-Chain