Gee, Moon BaeSmith, Paul E.2011-08-182011-08-182009-10-26http://hdl.handle.net/2097/12048An analysis of the effect of a cosolvent on the association of a solute in solution using the Kirkwood–Buff theory of solutions is presented. The approach builds on the previous results of Ben-Naim by extending the range of applicability to include any number of components at finite concentrations in both closed and semiopen systems. The derived expressions, which are exact, provide a foundation for the analysis and rationalization of cosolvent effects on molecular and biomolecular equilibria including protein association, aggregation, and cellular crowding. A slightly different view of cellular crowding is subsequently obtained. In particular, it is observed that the addition of large cosolvents still favors the associated form even when traditional excluded volume effects are absentThis Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/AssociationBiochemistryCellular biophysicsMolecular biophysicsProteinsKirkwood-Buff theoryArticle (publisher version)