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(A) A schematic representation of coordinated substitutions in a pair of amino acid residues forming a salt-bridge in a putative protein. (B) Proteins that contain residues of the same charge at positions 4 and 7 are unstable and are eliminated during evolution; in contrast, those containing residues of different charges are stable and can occur in multiple sequence alignments.
