An irregular beta-bulge common to a group of bacterial RNases is an important determinant of stability and function in barnase.

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Single amino acid residue substitutions rarely destroy the structural integrity of proteins. Substitution of glycine residues, however, is among the few sorts of alterations that can have such an effect. Here, we seek to understand what accounts for the extreme functional impairment of the bacterial ribonuclease barnase upon substitution of Gly52 or Gly53. We find that inactivation is caused by overall disruption...

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