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Paratope
[File:Immunoglobulin basic unit.svg|thumb| 1. Fab region
2. Fc region
3. Heavy chain
4. Light chain with one variable (VL) and one constant (CL) domain
5. Fv region with paratope
6. Hinge regions]] A paratope, also called an antigen-binding site, is a part of an antibody which recognizes and binds to an antigen. It is a small region (of 15 to 22 amino acids) of the antibody's Fv region, part of the fragment antigen-binding (Fab region), and contains parts of the antibody's heavy and light chains. Each arm of the Y shape of an antibody monomer is tipped with a paratope, which is a set of complementarity determining regions.
2. Fc region
3. Heavy chain
4. Light chain with one variable (VL) and one constant (CL) domain
5. Fv region with paratope
6. Hinge regions]] A paratope, also called an antigen-binding site, is a part of an antibody which recognizes and binds to an antigen. It is a small region (of 15 to 22 amino acids) of the antibody's Fv region, part of the fragment antigen-binding (Fab region), and contains parts of the antibody's heavy and light chains. Each arm of the Y shape of an antibody monomer is tipped with a paratope, which is a set of complementarity determining regions.
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