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. 2010 Feb 3;277(1688):1761–1769. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2355

Table 1.

Activation energy values for in vivo systems operating in their natural temperature range.

activation energy (kJ mol−1) reference
dynein
 57 calculated from Gray (1923)
 31 Holwill & Silvester (1967)
 44 Holwill (1968)
 40 Stephens & Levine (1970)
 51 calculated from Machemer (1972)
 29 Coakley & Holwill (1974)
 25 Holwill & Wais (1979)
 20 calculated from Auger et al. (1990)
 12 calculated from Clary-Meinesz et al. (1992)
median 31
myosin
 66 Stein et al. (1982)
 53 Bárány (1967)
 84 Ranatunga (1984)
 50 Anson (1992)
 94 Grove et al. (2005)
median 66