Figure 5
From: Antimicrobial mechanisms due to hyperpolarisation induced by nanoporous Au
Variation in root-mean-square-fluctuation (RMSF) of atomic positions of the amino acids (Gly77, Tyr78 and Gly79) constituting the exit region of the selectivity filter, where the horizontal axis indicates the atoms in the amino acids and the atom numbering is shown in supplemental Table S1. Black and red lines show the RMSF value of the selectivity filter interacting with no Au and nanoporous Au (NPG), respectively. The RMSF values for the selectivity filter interacting with the hyperpolarised peptidoglycan are lower than those for the non-interacting selectivity filter, indicating that the structure of the selectivity filter fluctuates less in the presence of NPG.
