How Does Salt Affect Protein Stability?
                                
                                
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                                Over a century ago, scientist Franz Hofmeister observed that different salts had varying abilities to precipitate proteins from solution. This initial discovery revealed that salt's influence on proteins is not simple but depends heavily on concentration and ion type, fundamentally changing how salt affects protein stability.