Abstract
We determined the added enthalpic and entropic contributions of protective osmolytes to the folding of a model peptide into its native β-hairpin state. In contrast to entropically driven steric "crowding", this study shows that sugars and polyols can act as protective osmolytes by primarily diminishing the unfavourable enthalpic contribution to folding.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6449-6451 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chemical Communications |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 35 |
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| State | Published - 21 Sep 2010 |