Parameter (with description)	Value used in simulations
Simulation timestep (dt)	0.002
Crowder Temperature Tc relative to Troom = 298.15K	0.5 – 1.0
Simulation box length (in nm)	860 (for the actual system) 400 (for the monomeric system to obtain Kd)
Number of rod proteins	1170 (for the actual system) 200 (for the monomeric system)
Number of hexamers	390 (for the actual system) 200 (for the monomeric system)
Number of GEMs	20
Number of binders on each hexamer	6
Number of binders on each rod	2
Volume fraction of ribosomes (crowders)	0.0 – 0.5
Diameter of inner rod particle (in nm)	11.7
Diameter of the two outer rod particle(s) (in nm)	13.45
Diameter of hexamer (in nm)	12.6
Diameter of ribosome (in nm)	30.0
Diameter of GEM (in nm)	40.0
Diameter of binders on rods and hexamers (in nm)	2.0
Maximum binding distance dbind (in nm)	1.0
Repulsion for soft quartic potential (in kB T)	500
ε for Lennard-Jones potential (in kBT)	0
Rate constant for dynamic binding kon (in units of 1/τ)	50.0
Rate constants for dynamic unbinding koff (in units of 1/τ)	0.001, 0.0001
Binding affinity ε (in kBT)	10.8, 13.1