Table 2. List of bond parameters that are used to calibrate displacement of the parasite at the RBC membrane in simulations (see Video 1) against available experimental data (Weiss et al., 2015), as shown in Figure 2b.

The parameter values in simulations are given in terms of the length scale $D_0$, energy scale $k_{\mathrm{B}}T$, and timescale $\tau =\eta D_0^3/\kappa$. The densities of long and short ligands are given in terms of parasite vertex density ${\displaystyle {\rho }_{\mathrm{p}\mathrm{a}\mathrm{r}\mathrm{a}}\simeq 270\mu {\text{m}}^{-2}}$. Note that ${\rho }_{\mathrm{long}}+{\rho }_{\mathrm{short}}={\rho }_{\mathrm{para}}$ in all simulations.

Parameter	Simulation value	Physical value
${\mathrm{\ell }}_{\mathrm{eff}}^{\mathrm{long}}$	$0.0154{\mathrm{D}}_0$	$100\mathrm{nm}$
${\mathrm{\ell }}_{\mathrm{eff}}^{\mathrm{short}}$	$0.0031{\mathrm{D}}_0$	$20\mathrm{nm}$
${\rho }_{\mathrm{long}}$	0.4 ${\rho }_{\mathrm{para}}$	${\displaystyle 107\mu \mathrm{m}{}^{-2}}$
${\rho }_{\mathrm{short}}$	0.6 ${\rho }_{\mathrm{para}}$	${\displaystyle 161\mu \mathrm{m}{}^{-2}}$
$k_{\mathrm{on}}^{\mathrm{long}}$	$36.3{\tau }^{-1}$	${\displaystyle 39.6{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}}$
$k_{\mathrm{on}}^{\mathrm{short}}$	$290.3{\tau }^{-1}$	${\displaystyle 317.0{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}}$
$k_{\mathrm{off}}$	$72.58{\tau }^{-1}$	${\displaystyle 79.2{\mathrm{s}}^{-1}}$
${\lambda }_{\mathrm{long}}$	$25.3\times {10}^5{\mathrm{k}}_{\mathrm{B}}\mathrm{T}/{\mathrm{D}}_0{}^2$	$0.264\mathrm{pN}/\mathrm{nm}$
${\lambda }_{\mathrm{short}}$	$8.45\times {10}^5{\mathrm{k}}_{\mathrm{B}}\mathrm{T}/{\mathrm{D}}_0{}^2$	$0.0882\mathrm{pN}/\mathrm{nm}$