TABLE 2.

Table of parameters

Parameter	Description	Value	Source
kon, khyd	Dimer on rate constant; MinE-induced MinD-dimer hydrolysis rate	—	Assumed to be fast relative to other processes.
	Background MinD dimer hydrolysis rate	khyd/10	Hu et al. (11).
kdep	E-ring-induced MinD hydrolysis rate	80 s−1	Estimated from Hale et al. (13).
kpoly	MinD polymerization rate constant	100 μM−1 s−1	Estimated from Hale et al. (13).
	E-ring elongation rate constant	160 μM−1 s−1	Estimated from Hale et al. (13).
knuc	MinD polymer nucleation rate constant	0.001–0.1 μM−3 s−1	Tested range; see text.
kcap	E-ring initiation rate constant	0.06–1.5 μM−3 s−1	Tested range; see text.
KE	MinE dimer dissociation constant	0.6 μM	Zhang et al. (36).
Dtot	Total MinD concentration	4 μM	Estimated from Shih et al. (24) and de Boer et al. (35).
Etot	Total MinE concentration	3 μM	Estimated from Shih et al. (24).
Dthresh	Threshold MinD concentration	1.5–3 μM	Hu et al. (11).
Ethresh	Threshold MinE concentration	2.5 μM	Fitted parameter; see text.
δ	Half MinD monomer length	2.5 nm	Suefuji et al. (25).
L, r, V	Cell length, radius, volume	3 μm, 3/8 μm, 1.3 μm3	Approximate dimensions.
Ap, Am	Polar and nonpolar surface areas	1 μm2, 10 μm2	Approximate dimensions.
θ	MinD helix pitch angle	80°	Estimated from Shih et al. (9).
λ	Phage expression level	3.3 μM	Fitted parameter; see text.

Parameters used in the deterministic and stochastic versions of the model. A more detailed discussion of parameter values is provided in the Appendix.