Figure 6.
(a) Given here is the average number of subunits in budded particles as a function of GP-GP affinity, for GP-directed budding (▪) and NC-directed budding with εng = 4.5 kBT (●). The solid green line gives the theoretical prediction (Eq. 1) for the estimated capsid rigidity κshell = 25.66εgg (section S6 in the Supporting Material) and κmem 14.5 kBT. (b) Given here is the average number of subunits in GP-shells as a function of the ratio between membrane and shell bending moduli, κmem/κshell. The data includes different sets of simulations in which either κmem or κshell is maintained constant, and we sweep over the other parameter: κmem = 14.5 (▪), κmem = 21.5 (▪), κshell = 51.3 (●), and κshell = 154.0 (▲). The theoretical prediction (Eq. 1) is shown as a solid green line. To see this figure in color, go online.