The role of the encapsulated cargo in microcompartment assembly
Fig 3
Dependence of the mean shell size and most probable morphology on the cargo-cargo and subunit-cargo affinities (εCC & εSC).
(A) The mean shell size (number of hexamers + 12 pentamers) is indicated by the color bar, and the predominant morphology is indicated by symbols, with a snapshot corresponding to each morphology shown on the right. (B) The mean shell size maximized over εSC is shown as a function of εCC. Other parameters in (A) and (B) are εHH = 1.8, ρp/ρh = 0.5, εPH/εHH = 1.3, and κs = 10kBT.