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Comment
. 2007 Aug;130(2):237-40.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.200709850. Epub 2007 Jul 16.

Modeling charged protein side chains in lipid membranes

Toby W Allen
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Modeling charged protein side chains in lipid membranes

Toby W Allen. J Gen Physiol. 2007 Aug.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Free energy profiles for a protonated Arg side chain (solid red), protonated methyl-guanidinium (dashed red, symmetrized), and neutral Arg side chain (solid blue, symmetrized) with system images revealing membrane perturbations (lipid hydrocarbon, gray sticks; displaced lipid phosphorous atoms, yellow balls; displaced water, red/white balls; Arg, gray/blue balls; α-helix, green ribbons). Adapted from data in Li et al., 2007.
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