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Excluded volume effect favors the more compact conformations of proteins due to hard-core repulsions. The folded native state of a protein is favored over the expanded denatured state because of its compact structure. The excluded volume effect increases the free energy of both, the folded and the unfolded state. However, the increase in free energy is larger for the expanded unfolded state leading to an overall stabilization of the native protein.
