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Deamidation is an important degradation pathway for proteins. Estimating deamidation propensities is essential for predicting their long-term stability. However, predicting deamidation rates in folded proteins is challenging because higher-order structure has a significant and unpredictable effect on deamidation. Here, we investigated the correlation between amide hydrogen exchange (HX) and deamidation to assess the potential of using hydrogen exchange-mass spectrometry (HX-MS) to rapidly predict deamidation propensity. Maltose-binding protein and a structurally less stable mutant, W169G, were stored in the dark at pH 7.0 at 23 ± 2°C for 1 year. Deamidation at each asparagine site was measured using liquid ch... More