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PCB 3233 Exam 3 Study Guide with ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




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1. BCR (B cell receptor) and TCR (T cell receptor), how are they created and
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wherein the body are they created? - correct answer✔✔BCR ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




: created through somatic recombination creating variability in the variable
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region domain of heavy and light chains, created in the bone marrow. Additions
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before antigen encounter, BCRs use RNA splicing for IgM and IgD and after
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antigen encounter, RNA splicing is used again to secrete Ig, somatic hypermutation
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occurs to make antibodies have higher affinity causing affinity maturation and C
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region DNA rearrangement occurs through isotype switching
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TCR

: created through ONLY somatic recombination creating variability in the
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variable region domain of the heavy and light chains, created in the bone marrow
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and sent out to the thymus to mature to become a T cell
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2. Structure of immunoglobulin and T cell receptor (TCR) - correct
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answer✔✔Immunoglobulin

:Variable and constant heavy and light chains, 2 regions which ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




include the 2 Fab, which is the recognition function in the binding site, and the Fc
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region, or the constant function, dictates the effector function . Plus, it is
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secreted or membrane bound ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




TCR

: membrane bound glycoprotein resembling a single antigen binding arm of an
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Ig. TCRs consist of 2 polypeptides ( and chain). These polypeptide chains are ∝ 𝛃
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, apart of the innate immune system that encode genes. It has one antigen binding
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site. It also has a variable and constant regions ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




3. The T cell receptor (TCR) type of antigen vs. Ig (BCR) type of antigen - correct
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answer✔✔the internal environment (in all nucleated cells, except erythrocytes). MHC class ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




II

samples from the external environment. TCRs can only bind to linear peptides or ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




proteins

BCR

: the BCR can bind to anything such as proteins, polysaccharides and lipids and
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don't require presentation. Therefore, they only have a binary binding complex of
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the epitope and binding site. They can bind to accessible peptides that are linear
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or discontinuous ||\\//||




4. For expression of the TCR at the cell surface what is needed? (list all proteins
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and the name given to all the proteins and TCR when on the surface). - correct
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answer✔✔Since the TCR is an and heterodimer, it cannot be stable enough to leave the ∝ 𝛃 ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//|| ||\\//||




ER. There are 4 "invariant" membrane proteins
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- 2 CD3 complex
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- 1st CD3 complex on chromosome 11 consisting of delta (δ) and epsilon
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(ε) domains ||\\//||




- 2nd CD3 complex on chromosome 11 consisting of gamma ( ) and ˠ
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epsilon (ε) ||\\//||




- 2 zeta chains from chromosome 1 ) (helps with signaling)(𝛇
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Lack of these CD3 leads to low TCR expression and immunodeficiency
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