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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biophys Chem. 2008 May 1;136(2-3):74–86. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.04.008

Table 2.

Average optimized model parameters using the classical nucleated polymerization, Powers & Powers, and modified nucleated polymerization models over the specified nucleus size for polypeptides in 50 mM salts for PE at pH~3.6 and 4.1 and PEA at pH~3.6.

Model PE in 50mM salts at pH~3.6 PE in 50mM salts at pH~4.1 PEA in 50mM salts at pH~3.6
a (L/mol/hr) Ks (mol/L) Kc (mol/L) a (L/mol/hr) Ks (mol/L) Kc (mol/L) a (L/mol/hr) Ks (mol/L) Kc (mol/L)
Classic Nucleated Polymerization (n = 3 to 40) 2.26E+04 5.17E-03 - 3.02E+03 1.48E-02 - 1.09E+05 1.78E-04 -
Powers & Powers Model (n = 3 to 9) 4.90E+05 6.08E−02 3.91E−05 2.98E+05 1.38E−02 6.63E−06 4.24E+06 4.46E−03 1.76E−06
Powers & Powers Model (n = 3 to 40) 6.81E+06 2.84E−03 1.23E−06 1.40E+07 1.35E−04 5.20E−08 6.56E+07 9.26E−05 2.37E−08
Modified NP Model (n = 3 to 9, constant a) 2.03E+03 1.91E−05 - 3.43E+02 5.93E−02 - 3.47E+03 1.49E−04 -
Modified NP Model (n = 3 to 9, variable a) 1.94E+03 1.38E−05 - 2.00E+02 5.44E−04 - 3.67E+03 1.86E−05 -