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Free energy profiles of lipid flip-flop in a proteinless POPC membrane (black) and along the MTCH2 scrambling pathway (purple) calculated at T=310 K. As with Martini simulations, the presence of MTCH2 significantly reduces the flip-flop free energy barrier. Note that the calculation error based on the profile asymmetry is relatively high but still below 5 kJ mol-1. SeeFigure S3 for detailed view of free energy calculations convergence.

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