Figure 4.
Dependence of membrane elastic energy on the orientation angles of two free peptide trimers separated by (a) 6 nm; (b) 10 nm. The minimum of the elastic energy (marked by red circle) is at θ1 = θ2 = π/2 independent of protein separation.
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