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An illustration of the method to calculate the net contribution of cooperative hydration to the energy of the native state relative to the extended state. Non-bonded interaction energies are calculated between the boxed atoms and all atoms in the system. The atoms are cooperatively hydrated in the native state (left) and independently hydrated in the extended state (right).
