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Question
CBSEENBI12047536

Abzymes are

  • catalytic antibodies

  • neutral antibodies

  • non-specific antibodies

  • defermed antibodies

Solution

A.

catalytic antibodies

In 1969, William Jencks proposed that antibodies specific for the transition state of a chemical reaction should have catalytic power. This incisive prediction was realised in 1986 when scientists found that antibodies with catalytic nature can be synthesised by using transition state analogue.