Cholesterol Induces Uneven Curvature of Asymmetric Lipid Bilayers
Figure 7
(a) Distributions of the membrane curvature in the individual lipid domains containing either DOPC or DOPS lipids measured in the locations of cholesterol molecules. (b) Free energy of transferring single cholesterol molecule from the lipid domain containing DOPC lipids to the domain containing DOPS lipids as a function of the membrane curvature. Gray lines show hypothetical shape of the curve in the regions, which are not covered with data points (see Figure 6 for explanation).
