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. 2013 Sep 4;8(9):e74755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074755

Figure 3. Relation between knot depth, folding rate and unfolding rate.

Figure 3

The folding (unfolding) rate corresponds to the slope of each represented curve. The folding rate is determined at Inline graphic and the unfolding rate slightly above Inline graphic. Panel (a) reports the folding rate of the knotted systems and panel (b) reports the folding rate of their unknotted counterparts. Panel (c) reports the unfolding rate of knotted systems, while panel (c) reports the unfolding rate of their unknotted counterparts. The ratio between the folding rate of the deep knot kd and its unfolded counterpart ud is 0.13, and that between the knot k3h and u3h is only 0.05.