“…As discussed in previous sections, the regulation of luminal pH is partially dependent on the activity of the NADPH oxidase, and the absence of NADPH oxidase activity at the phagosome in gp91phox-deficient, Rab27a-deficient ashen, as well as Vav-null mice, results in a more acidic phagosomal pH and as a consequence, significantly reduced antigen-presenting efficiency [74,75,132]. In addition to regulating protease activity through pH, the NADPH oxidase has been proposed to control intraphagosomal proteolysis through a redox-mediated mechanism, in which proteases, such as cysteine cathepsins, that have a cysteine in the active site are subject to reversible inhibition by ROS [78,[133][134][135]. The Ii, a nonpolymorphic glycoprotein that occupies the peptide-binding groove of MHC-II and prevents premature loading of peptide, is also processed by pHdependent proteases in endosomes, lysosomes, and phagolysosomes, and improper Ii processing can impede MHC-II-restricted antigen presentation [130,136,137].…”