Figure 5. A kinetic phase diagram showing the effect of varying switching rate, and free monomer concentration on the state of the protein/peptide.

A peptide can remain monomeric or assume disordered, partially ordered or completely ordered aggregated states according to our model. We define the states as follows; i) and , the peptide is in its monomeric form or exists as small oligomers. ii) and and , the amyloid-like ordered state dominates, iii) and and , the aggregates are partially ordered with a mixture of β-sheet and unstructured content and iv) and , the aggregates are disordered in nature. , and refer to the filament, β-sheet and critical growth velocities respectively.