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Biophysical Journal-An effective solvent theory for osmolytes and denaturants (Supplementary Material) Biophysical Journal- An effective solvent theory for osmolytes and denaturants (Supplementary Material) An effective solvent theory connecting the underlying mechanisms of osmolytes and denaturants for protein stability (Supplementary material) Apichart Linhananta, *, Shirin Hadizadeh,* Steven S. Plotkin,* *Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, Canada; Permanent Address: Physics Department, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, O.N., P7B 5E1, Canada Address reprint requests and inquiries to Steven S. Plotkin [email protected], or Apichart Linhananta [email protected] 1. SIMULATION MODEL AND METHOD 2. PHASE DIAGRAM IN THE TEMPERATURE, PROTEIN-SOLVENT INTERACTION ENERGY PLANE 3. COMMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC HEAT C * T * ( ) AND FOLDING COOPERATIVITY 4. ENERGY, ENTROPY, AND FREE ENERGY SURFACES 5. THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT OSMOLYTE MODELS 6. SOLVATION BARRIERS 7. REFERENCES

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Biophysical Journal-An effective solvent theory for osmolytes and denaturants (Supplementary Material)

Biophysical Journal- An effective solvent theory for osmolytes and denaturants (Supplementary Material)

An effective solvent theory connecting the underlying mechanisms of osmolytes and denaturants for protein stability (Supplementary material)

Apichart Linhananta, *,† Shirin Hadizadeh,* Steven S. Plotkin,* *Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia, 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1, Canada; †Permanent Address: Physics Department, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, O.N., P7B 5E1, Canada

Address reprint requests and inquiries to Steven S. Plotkin [email protected], or Apichart Linhananta [email protected]

1. SIMULATION MODEL AND METHOD

2. PHASE DIAGRAM IN THE TEMPERATURE, PROTEIN-SOLVENT INTERACTION ENERGY PLANE

3. COMMENTS ON THE SPECIFIC HEAT C* T *( )AND FOLDING COOPERATIVITY

4. ENERGY, ENTROPY, AND FREE ENERGY SURFACES

5. THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT OSMOLYTE MODELS

6. SOLVATION BARRIERS

7. REFERENCES

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