Polysaccharides (carbohydrates) are key regulators of a large number of cell biological
processes. However, precise biochemical or genetic manipulation of these often complex …

Drug molecules with low aqueous solubility can be solubilized by a class of cosolvents,
known as hydrotropes. Their action has often been explained by an analogy with micelle …

How do osmolytes affect the conformation and configuration of supramolecular assembly,
such as ion channel opening and actin polymerization? The key to the answer lies in the …

The signature of hydrotropic solubilisation is the sigmoidal solubility curve; when plotted
against hydrotrope concentration, solubility increases suddenly after the minimum …

GLYCAM06 and CHARMM36 are successful force fields for modeling carbohydrates. To
correct recently identified deficiencies with both force fields, we adjusted intersolute …

Differences in the chemical potential of water and the resulting osmotic pressure across
semipermeable membranes are of fundamental importance for many biological systems …

There is a small, but growing, body of literature describing the use of osmotic coefficient
measurements to validate and reparametrize simulation force fields. Here we have …

A new classical nonpolarizable force field, KBFF20, for the simulation of peptides and
proteins is presented. The force field relies heavily on the use of Kirkwood–Buff theory to …

Although it is now commonly accepted that the highly crowded conditions encountered
inside biological cells have the potential to significantly alter the thermodynamic properties …

This review provides a critical assessment of the current state of affairs regarding the
solvation thermodynamics involving mixed-solvent systems. It focuses specifically on (i) its …