The spherically averaged density distribution is shown as a function of distance from the shell center, for simulations in which a preset number
of cargo molecules are trapped within a complete shell, with the cargo-shell attraction turned off (
). The value of
corresponding to each curve is given in the legend, and the value of the subunit-shell energy
is shown above each plot. These simulations were each run for
timesteps. The simulations shown in
Figure 6 were also run with a complete shell; however, one excluder was rendered permeable to cargo molecules allowing the number of encapsulated cargo molecules to equilibrate. Those simulations were also each run for
timesteps. Raw data for this figure is provided in
Figure 6—figure supplement 1—source data 1.