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The experimental \u0394\u0394G values are affected by uncertainty as measured by standard deviations. Most of the \u0394\u0394G values are nearly zero (about 32% of the \u0394\u0394G data set ranges from \u22120.5 to 0.5 kcal\/mole) and both the value and sign of \u0394\u0394G may be either positive or negative for the same mutation blurring the relationship among mutations and expected \u0394\u0394G value. In order to overcome this problem we describe a new predictor that discriminates between 3 mutation classes: destabilizing mutations (\u0394\u0394G&lt;\u22121.0 kcal\/mol), stabilizing mutations (\u0394\u0394G&gt;1.0 kcal\/mole) and neutral mutations (\u22121.0\u2264\u0394\u0394G\u22641.0 kcal\/mole).<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In this paper a support vector machine starting from the protein sequence or structure discriminates between stabilizing, destabilizing and neutral mutations. We rank all the possible substitutions according to a three state classification system and show that the overall accuracy of our predictor is as high as 56% when performed starting from sequence information and 61% when the protein structure is available, with a mean value correlation coefficient of 0.27 and 0.35, respectively. These values are about 20 points per cent higher than those of a random predictor.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Our method improves the quality of the prediction of the free energy change due to single point protein mutations by adopting a hypothesis of thermodynamic reversibility of the existing experimental data. By this we both recast the thermodynamic symmetry of the problem and balance the distribution of the available experimental measurements of free energy changes. 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