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. 2010 Nov 3;99(9):2896–2905. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.08.044

Table 3.

Force constants for bonds and angles in the coarse-grained cholesterol models proposed

Bond Force constant (kcal/mol/Å2) Equilibrium distance (Å)
ALC-1RNG 355.1 2.591
ALC-2RNG 141.4 4.200
1RNG-2RNG 204.0 3.347
1RNG-3RNG 124.8 4.008
1RNG-CHM 132.9 2.402
2RNG-3RNG 319.4 3.394
2RNG-4RNG 155.6 4.180
3RNG-4RNG 366.8 3.041
3RNG-CHM 145.3 2.622
4RNG-TAILC 155.8 3.717
TAILC-TRMC 10.8 4.227

Angle Force constant (kcal/mol) Equilibrium angle

1RNG-ALC-2RNG 1070 52.8
ALC-1RNG-2RNG 631.0 89.1
ALC-1RNG-3RNG 356.7 142.6
ALC-1RNG-CHM 127.1 107.1
2RNG-1RNG-3RNG 1835 54.0
2RNG-1RNG-CHM 218.1 62.7
3RNG-1RNG-CHM 367.3 62.8
ALC-2RNG-1RNG 2379 38.1
ALC-2RNG-3RNG 457.0 110.8
ALC-2RNG-4RNG 284.4 155.9
1RNG-2RNG-3RNG 864.4 73.0
1RNG-2RNG-4RNG 628.8 118.6
3RNG-2RNG-4RNG 2647 45.9
1RNG-3RNG-2RNG 1324 52.9
1RNG-3RNG-4RNG 485.5 133.4
1RNG-3RNG-CHM 113.9 129.3
2RNG-3RNG-4RNG 1040 80.8
2RNG-3RNG-CHM 280.7 98.1
4RNG-3RNG-CHM 778.5 53.9
2RNG-4RNG-3RNG 1913 53.3
2RNG-4RNG-TAILC 363.8 149.1
3RNG-4RNG-TAILC 495.7 96.1
4RNG-TAILC-TRMC 68.0 135.8