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. 2013 May 21;104(10):2273–2281. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.04.008

Table 1.

Mechanical properties of ubiquitin and SUMO proteins

Protein Change in contour length (nm)* Unfolding force (pN) Δxu(nm) ku0(s−1) ΔG# (kBT) ks(N/m)
Ubiquitin 23.9 ± 1.2 (n = 190) 188 ± 2 0.19§ 0.15 ± 0.01 8 × 10−3§ 0.45 ± 0.12 25.5 5.8
SUMO1 24.1 ± 0.9 (n = 655) 129 ± 0.8 0.51§ 0.51 ± 0.04 1.15 × 10−5§ 1.8 × 10−4 ±1.6 × 10−4 32.1 1.0
SUMO2 24.1 ± 1.3 (n = 386) 122 ± 1 0.33§ 0.28 ± 0.02 5 × 10−3§ 0.32 ± 0.19 26.1 2.0
*

Mean ± SD.

The n in the parentheses is the number of events used in the data analysis.

Mean ± SE.

§

From Monte Carlo simulation.

From Bell-Evans-Ritchie approximation.