Fig. 6: Thickness and water properties for all systems simulated. | Nature Communications

Fig. 6: Thickness and water properties for all systems simulated.

From: Planar aggregation of the influenza viral fusion peptide alters membrane structure and hydration, promoting poration

Fig. 6: Thickness and water properties for all systems simulated.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Only atoms contained in a cylinder of radius 30 Å and centered at the origin are included (see Supplementary Fig. 7). FPs are in the cis leaflet (z > 0). Left Top) hydrophobic thickness of the POPC and chol:POPC membrane vs numbers of FP. Left Bottom) Values of inverse resistances to water permeability 1/\(\bar{R}\) (Eq. 7) vs numbers of FP. Error is reported as standard error of the mean, calculated over 250 ns block averages for all systems, except for the peptide-free cases where 100 ns block averages were used. Error bars are smaller than the symbols for some systems. Right) Free energy F(z) (Eq. 6) for water as a function of position along the membrane normal for pure POPC (top) and 1:1 chol:POPC (bottom). Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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