Excerpts from the paper “Structure and evolution of the Ivy…

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Excerpts frоm the pаper “Structure аnd evоlutiоn of the Ivy protein fаmily, unexpected lysozyme inhibitors in Gram-negative bacteria” are presented below. The Ivy–lysozyme interface shows high shape complementarity. Which substitution in Ivy would most plausibly reduce inhibitory potency by introducing steric clash without compensating interactions?