Figure 1: Representation of the DMPC-embedded Kcv pore. The proteinacious ion channel is shown as cartoon, with potassium cations as violet spheres within the channel’s selectivity filter. DMPC molecules are represented as gray balls/sticks with colored polar head groups. For visual clarity, only two opposing subunits of the channel tetramer and a subset of phospholipid molecules in the membrane cross-section are depicted.