... has on protein function [16–19].Despite significant advances in understanding theeffect of osmolytes on protein stability, folding and theactivity of proteins and enzymes, the relationship between ... glycerol, xylitol,adonitol, mannitol) and amino acids and derivatives(glycine, alanine, proline, serine, lysine, b-alanine andtaurine) that have no significant effects on both DGD°and kcat. (b) ... stability andfunction. Thus, different osmolyte mixtures may serveas post-translational modulators of stability and ⁄ orfunction of many enzymes. This may perhaps be themain reason why many organisms...