Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Nucleocytoplasmic Transport: A Coarse-Grained Model for the Functional State of the Nuclear Pore Complex
Figure 4
The energy and force-law of different springs between consecutive beads in the structural component of the NPC.
a) Extensional elastic potential energy between two consecutive beads in the pom or main scaffold regions, representing the elastic extension. b) Angular potential energy between two consecutive springs representing bending rigidity of the main scaffold and the FG-repeat domains. Y-axis on the left shows values of the angular potential energy for the main scaffold, while the right y-axis shows those values for FG-repeat domains. c) The force-law of the wormlike chain (WLC). Discrete WLC models the FG-repeat domains.