This book presents a new approach to the Protein Folding Problem. It starts with a clear description of what the protein folding problem involves. Then, it suggests non-conventional answers to some of the questions posed. In particular, it emphasizes the importance of hydrophilic interactions and hydrophilic forces, rather than the hydrophobic effects, for the stability of the native structure of proteins, as well for the speed of the folding process.
What is the Protein Folding Problem?; Why Has a Solution to the PFP Been so Elusive for So Long?; What are the Main Factors That Stabilize the Native Structure? The Solution to the Stability Problem C; What are the Main Factors that Guide and Speed the Folding of a Protein? The Answer to Mechanism Problem B; Is There a Folding Code? The Answer to Predictability Problem A; Cold, Pressure and Solute Denaturation.