Schematic representation of a micelle and interactions with monomers.

The blue pentagons represent the PrP^C monomers, the big orange spherical structure stands for a micelle consisting of monomers, and the orange spheres (out of micelle) are the PrP* monomers stabilized by micelles. Both types of monomers, PrP^C and PrP*, interact with the micelles by association-dissociation with rates given by , , and depending on the number of monomers that form the micelle.