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Proposed activation mechanism of TLR8 by Z-loop cleavage. TLR8 with an uncleaved Z-loop is a monomer (Left, inactive). On Z-loop cleavage, it forms an unliganded dimer (Middle, inactive). By binding to agonistic ligands, the preformed dimer transforms into the activated dimer (Right, active).
