Sew Yeu Peak-Chew

Apr 8, 2024 | nature.com | Lara K. Krüger |Kerrie E. McNally |Vicente Jose Planelles-Herrero |Michal Dudek |Silvia Barbiero |Sew Yeu Peak-Chew | +10 more

Correction to: Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06626-z Published online 18 October 2023In the version of the article initially published, –Ψπ /RT (mOsm kg–1) originally appeared as –Ψπ (mOsm kg–1) in Figs. 1a, 4b and c, 5b, c and d and Extended Data Figs. 1, 4 and 10. Also, osmolality was originally labelled as osmotic potential in Fig. 5b and Extended Data Fig. 10, and osmolarity was originally labelled as osmolality in Extended Data Fig. 8.

Oct 18, 2023 | nature.com | Lara K. Krüger |Kerrie E. McNally |Vicente Jose Planelles-Herrero |Michal Dudek |Silvia Barbiero |Sew Yeu Peak-Chew | +10 more

AbstractOptimum protein function and biochemical activity critically depends on water availability because solvent thermodynamics drive protein folding and macromolecular interactions1. Reciprocally, macromolecules restrict the movement of ‘structured’ water molecules within their hydration layers, reducing the available ‘free’ bulk solvent and therefore the total thermodynamic potential energy of water, or water potential.