We review recent studies on the role played by non-liquid, water-containing matrices on the
dynamics and structure of embedded proteins. Two proteins were studied, in water …

The internal, dynamical fluctuations of protein molecules exhibit many of the features typical
of polymeric and bulk small molecule glass forming systems. The response of a protein's …

The protection of human sperm during cryopreservation is of great importance to infertility.
Recent studies have shown that this area is still a long way from its ultimate aim of …

The influence of three well-known disaccharides, namely, trehalose, maltose, and sucrose,
on some structural and dynamical properties of lysozyme has been investigated by means of …

Molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the interaction of the sugars
trehalose, maltose, and glucose with a phospholipid bilayer at atomic resolution …

Some organisms can survive complete dehydration and high temperatures by adopting an
anhydrobiotic state in which the intracellular medium contains large amounts of …

The sugar molecule trehalose has been proven to be an excellent stabilizing cosolute for the
preservation of biological materials. However, the stabilizing mechanism of trehalose has …

Immobilization of proteins and other biomolecules in saccharide matrices leads to a series of
peculiar properties that are relevant from the point of view of both biochemistry and …

We report on the set of experimental and simulative evidences which enabled us to suggest
how biological structures embedded in a non-liquid water–saccharide solvent are anchored …

Matrix effects on long-range electron transfer were studied in cyanobacterial Photosystem I
(PS I) complexes, embedded into trehalose glasses at different hydration levels. W-band …