Fig. 7.

Results obtained with the Umbrella Visualization on the glycosylated Insulin Receptor. A) Comparison of the different shadows computed. The global shape for the bi-antennary glycans is more stretched along the protein. Tri-antennary glycans display a wider shadow. This is consistent with the fact that this glycan has one extra branch able to explore a wider space. B) Patch of basic residues located near the glycan (red arrows). The glycan’s shadow tends to hover around this part of the surface. This could indicate the role of these amino acids in stabilizing the glycan. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)