... and B) in the asym-metric unit display the canonical cystatin fold, (N)–b 1– a–b2–L1–b3–AS–b4–L2–b 5–( C), with a five-strandedantiparallel b-sheet gripped around a long a-helix(Fig. 1). The AS is ... the presence of this extra bridgedoes not perturb the conformation of the main chain in the region of these point mutations. This is possiblebecause the side chain of Cys47 fills the space of ... of the b-sheet towards the interfacewith the a-helix. The side chains of Val31 and Tyr34(from the a-helix), Val66 (b3), Phe99 (b4), and Cys9 7– Cys117 (b4–b5), and the backbone of the SRA(4 4–4 6)segment,...