Disclosed are compositions and methods for producing fusion proteins with
reduced immunogenicity. Fusion proteins of the invention include a junction region
having an amino acid change that reduces the ability of a junctional epitope to
bind to MHC Class II, thereby reducing its interaction with a T-cell receptor.
Methods of the invention involve analyzing, changing, or modifying one or more
amino acids in the junction region of a fusion protein in order to identify a T-cell
epitope and reduce its ability to interact with a T cell receptor. Compositions
and methods of the invention are useful in therapy.