Conservation of local frustration and sequence identity for -lactamases class A family. (A) FrstIC based on the single-residue level frustration index. Green, minimally frustrated contacts; red, highly frustrated contacts; gray, neutral contacts. Black circles show the values of the SeqIC. (B) -Lactamase structure: in green and red, residues with FrstIC values greater than 0.5, minimally frustrated and highly frustrated, respectively. (C) Catalytic residues at the active site. (D) Mutational frustration at the catalytic site. Red lines correspond to highly frustrated interactions of the catalytic residues (in yellow) among themselves and with nearby residues in the structure.