Practice mode Immunity

How many antigen-binding sites are present on one pentameric IgM molecule?

Correct answer D. 10

Explanation

IgM is made of five monomers and each monomer has two binding sites, so 5 × 2 = 10 antigen-binding sites. This makes IgM an efficient agglutinator.

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