Fig 7. Mean and standard error of the mean of the force peaks corresponding to the solvent exposure of the C-terminal hydrophobic core.

The values are averaged over three simulations performed with either the indicated methionine or all methionine residues oxidized. Reported are the p-values from a one-tailed student t-test. A value below 0.05 was considered statistically significant whereas a value between 0.05 and 0.10 was said to be marginally statistically significant.