Figure 2.

Local Deformation of the Lipid Bilayer

This is measured as the average distance between upper and lower P atoms (d_PP) versus the distance of the atoms in the xy plane from the center of mass of the corresponding protein (r) over the last 10 ns of each simulation. The d_PP versus r curves are given for the VS/PC (black, solid line) and VS/PCPG (gray) simulations. As a control, the d_PP versus r curve is given for a simulation of KirBac3.1 in a PC bilayer (black, broken line). The horizontal lines give the corresponding d_PP values for two control PC (black dashed) and PC/PG (gray dashed) bilayer simulations in the absence of protein.