Figure 1
From: Self-consistent field theory for the interactions between keratin intermediate filaments
IF organisation and the SCF model of N- and C-terminal domains attached onto IF surfaces. The IF surfaces are modelled as plane walls, the grafted domains as connected monomers, the salt ions and/or free amino acids as single monomers. All the other space is occupied by water. The separation between walls is varied in order to obtain the interaction potential mediated by the walls with grafted domains.