Scheme illustrating the salt-induced transition in the supramolecular organization of the membrane-associated poly(Gro-P) moiety of LTA. At low ionic strength (−NaCl), the poly(Gro-P) chain assumes a stretched conformation, and at high ionic strength (+NaCl), it forms a random coil. Courtesy of T. Gutberlat (presented at the Spring Colloquium on Molecular Modeling, Darmstadt, Germany, 1995) with permission.