Conformational or discontinuous epitopes are antigenic structures on proteins formed by multiple separate regions brought together by folding, which are recognized by antibodies only when the protein is properly folded.
Antigenic structure on a protein antigen that is formed from several separate regions in the sequence of the protein brought together by protein folding. Antibodies that bind these antigenic structures bind only native folded proteins
| Front | Antigenic structure on a protein antigen that is formed from several separate regions in the sequence of the protein brought together by protein folding. Antibodies that bind these antigenic structures bind only native folded proteins |
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| Back | conformational epitopes, discontinuous epitopes |
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