Fig 8. Energy diagrams of the complete MT ring.
The diagram shows the magnitude of favorable interaction energies at each interface between two tubulin dimers, whether at (A) the lateral interface, or at (B) the longitudinal inter-dimer interface. The magnitude of the interactions is proportional to the swelling at each interface with swellings in (A) being exaggerated to aid viewing. Green lines represent GTP-Model while red lines represent GDP-Model.