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. 2014 Feb 18;106(4):780–792. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.12.044

Table 2.

Physical constants and radial diffusion coefficients for cytosolic proteins of rabbit psoas muscle fibers.

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Protein Mo (kDa) Rh (nm) Dw (× 10−7 cm2/s) D(r,t) (× 10−7 cm2/s) D (× 10−7 cm2/s) n
Phosphoglucose isomerase 125.2 4.0 3.51 0.57 0.15 31
Phosphofructose kinase 340.3 5.7 2.48 0.20 0.08 19
Triosephosphate isomerase 53.3 3.0 4.69 0.99 0.23 32
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase 144.7 4.2 3.34 0.50 0.25 29
Phosphoglycerate mutase 57.0 3.1 4.59 0.96 0.21 30
Enolase 93.9 3.7 3.87 0.70 0.16 38
Pyruvate kinase 231.7 5.0 2.84 0.33 0.08 39
Glycogen phosphorylase 194.3 4.7 3.02 0.39 0.08 23
Phosphoglucose mutase 61.4 3.2 4.47 0.91 0.16 28
Adenylate kinase 21.6 2.2 6.35 1.6 0.50 21
Parvalbumin 11.9 1.8 7.75 2.1 0.68 12

Column 1 lists the diffusible protein, with glycolytic enzymes in bold type. Column 2 lists the oligomeric molecular weight, Mo (sources listed in Table I of Maughan et al. (3)). Column 3 lists the hydrodynamic radius, Rh, calculated from Rh3 = (3/4π) Vh, where Vh is the hydrodynamic volume of each protein interpolated from the hydrodynamic volume versus molecular weight data of O’Leary (22). See text and Supporting Materials for details. Column 4 lists the estimated value of the diffusion coefficient of the protein in bulk water, Dw (47), calculated from Dw = (kT)/(6πηRh), where k is the Boltzmann constant, T = 280 K, η = 1.45 cP at 7°C, and Rh is from column 3. Column 5 lists values for the Variable D model radial diffusion coefficients D(r,t) at t/a2 = 0.35 and r ∼ a, calculated from an optimized global fit to the experimental data. Column 6 lists values for the Constant D model radial diffusion coefficients (D, constant over the diffusional time course). Column 7 lists the number (n) of fibers sampled. Temperature, 7 ± 1°C; pH 7.3.