Effects of Lipid-mediated Interactions on Protein Pair Distribution Functions

Membraneproteins canperturb thelipid bilayer and produce a lipid-mediated inter-protein interaction. We havetreated this problem byexpanding thefree energy density asa Taylor series expansion intermsofthe gradient ofsomescalar membraneparameter andits deviation fromanequilibrium (i.e., particle-free) value.' Minimization oftotal membraneenergy yields a field equation