"protein structures are selected because they are... stable
against mutations"
What kind of mutations are we talking about here?
Surely, in _general_ proteins are actually NOT stable against
mutations... and this would be _especially_ true of very
small proteins e.g. a 27-mer, wouldn't it?
Proteins are really only stable against _conservative_
mutations e.g. polar->polar, hydrophobic->hydrophobic.
Any comments anyone? What are the authors getting at?
-- Simon
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