Natural and Synthetic Suppressor Mutations Defy Stability-Activity Tradeoffs.

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Thermodynamic stability represents one important constraint on protein evolution, but the molecular basis for how mutations that change stability impact fitness remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a prevalent global suppressor mutation in TEM β-lactamase, M182T, increases fitness by reducing proteolysis in vivo. We also show that a synthetic mutation, M182S, can act as a global suppressor and suggest that...

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