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. 2006 Mar 24;91(1):42–54. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.105.076851

TABLE 2.

Parameter values used for dynamical simulations in this work, where σ is the unit of length, kBT is the thermal energy, γ is the translational friction constant (Eq. 8), and t0γσ2/(48 kBT) is the unit time

Parameter Value Definition
ε/kBT 1 WCA energy parameter, Eq. 3.
ɛb/kBT 9–22 Attractive energy strength, Eq. 5.
b/σ 2−5/6 Bond vector length.
γr/γσ2 0.4 Rotational friction coefficient, Eq. 8.
φm (rad) 3.14 Maximum dihedral angle, Eq. 6.
θm (rad) 0.1–3.0 Maximum bond angle, Eq. 6.
L/σ 11–100 Simulation box size.
N 1000 Number of subunits.
C0 = 3L−3 0.001–0.75 Concentration of subunits.
rc/σ 2.5 Attractive energy cutoff distance.
δt/t0 0.006 Timestep.
tobs/t0 6 × 105 Final observation time, 108 steps.