Appendix 2—table 1.

Model parameters.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.18657.027

Symbol	Physical quantity	Values used in simulation	Sources / References	Notes
$T_0$	Room temperature	300 K
$k_{\mathrm{pep}}$	Peptide effective spring constant; $k_{\mathrm{pep}}$ = $k_{\mathrm{pep}}^0$ / 2	25 pN/nm	Figure 4—figure supplement 4, (Nguyen et al., 2015)	$k_{\mathrm{pep}}^0$ for a single peptide
$k_{\mathrm{gly}}$	Glycan effective spring constant; $k_{\mathrm{gly}}$ = $k_{\mathrm{gly}}^0$	5570 pN/nm	Figure 4—figure supplement 4, (Nguyen et al., 2015)	$k_{\mathrm{gly}}^0$ for a single glycan
$l_{\mathrm{p0}}$	Glycan persistance length	40 nm	Figure 4—figure supplement 2,(Nguyen et al., 2015)
$\mathrm{\Delta }p$	Pressure difference	86.31 kPa	Apendix (2.2)
${\eta }_{\mathrm{wat}}$	Water viscosity	0.001 Pa s
${\eta }_{\mathrm{med}}$	Medium viscosity	1 Pa s	(Spitzer et al., 2006)
$l_0=l_{0\mathrm{p}}$	Mesh size	0.014 $\mu$m		Our simulations
$\mathrm{\Delta }t$	Time step	2 $\cdot$ 10${}^{-8}$s		Our simulations