Figure 3: Membrane tension alters N-BAR orientation.
From: Membrane tension controls the assembly of curvature-generating proteins
(a) Self-assembly of N-BAR proteins at different membrane tensions (in mN m−1). Scale bar, 10 nm. Each simulation shows a representative snapshot from three simulations, totalling 30 million time steps per configuration. (b) Orientation free energy (Fo) as a function of dimer angle (φ) at 4% protein coverage, for different membrane tensions (in mN m−1). Measured by inverting the Boltzmann distribution of dimerization angles, each plot averaged from simulations in a. (c) Self-assembly of spherical nanoparticles at different membrane tensions (in mN m−1). Panel shows a representative snapshot from two simulations, each run for 10 million time steps.
