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antibody-antigen complex. a complex formed by the combining of antibody and antigen. Called also immune complex. Golgi complex. a complex cellular organelle involved in the synthesis of glycoproteins, lipoproteins, membrane-bound proteins and lysosomal enzymes. See also golgi apparatus.
Complement molecules are activated by bound antibody, resulting in the creation of MAC (Membrane attack complex) which punctures the antigen, thereby lysing and killing it. Bound antigen also signals to Macrophages which move in and eat the whole antigen-antibody complex (by endocytosis), thereby destroying it.