Summary

CDRH3 mediates pairing between heavy and light chains of antibodies by making contacts with the framework region of the opposite chain (1).

See also

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Dudzic P, Chomicz D, Bielska W, Jaszczyszyn I, Zieliński M, Janusz B, et al. Conserved heavy/light contacts and germline preferences revealed by a large-scale analysis of natively paired human antibody sequences and structural data. Communications Biology. 2025;8(1). Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-025-08388-y