Lateral depletion effect on two-dimensional ordering of bacteriorhodopsins in a lipid bilayer: A theoretical study based on a binary hard-disk model

Keiju Suda, Ayumi Suematsu, Ryo Akiyama

The two-dimensional ordering of bacteriorhodopsins in a lipid bilayer was studied using a binary hard-disk model. The phase diagrams were calculated, taking into account the latera…