Table 3. Fibril Primary Nucleation Rate, Critical Nucleation Rate, and Maximum Growth Rate, Elongation Rate, and Secondary Nucleation Rate for Crowder Volume Fractions ϕ = 0.00, 0.10, and 0.20 and Crowder Diameters 5, 20, and 40 Å and Total Crowder Surface Area Obtained by Fitting Simulation Data to Eqs 6–11.
crowder size, crowder volume fraction, and total
crowder surface area |
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D = 40 Å | D = 40 Å | D = 20 Å | D = 20 Å | D = 5 Å | D = 5 Å | ||
no crowders | ϕ = 0.10 | ϕ = 0.20 | ϕ = 0.10 | ϕ = 0.20 | ϕ = 0.10 | ϕ = 0.20 | |
kinetic parameters | ϕ = 0.00 | 96 × 10–4 Å2 | 192 × 10–4 Å2 | 192 × 10–4 Å2 | 384 × 10–4 Å2 | 786 × 10–4 Å2 | 1536 × 10–4 Å2 |
kn (M–1 time–1) | 0.21 ± 0.06 | 0.25 ± 0.10 | 0.24 ± 0.06 | 0.20 ± 0.09 | 0.25 ± 0.05 | 0.25 ± 0.09 | 0.46 ± 0.18 |
knc (M–1 time–1) | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.07 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.02 | 0.15 ± 0.03 | 0.26 ± 0.02 |
rmax (peptides time–1) | 0.05 ± 0.02 | 0.08 ± 0.02 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 0.13 ± 0.02 | 0.24 ± 0.04 | 0.29 ± 0.05 | 0.51 ± 0.04 |
k+ (M–1 time–1) | 1.40 ± 0.44 | 2.17 ± 0.35 | 3.31 ± 0.40 | 3.42 ± 0.43 | 5.85 ± 0.78 | 13.48 ± 2.94 | 11.38 ± 2.03 |
k2 (M–2 time–1) | 1.45 ± 0.46 | 2.53 ± 0.66 | 4.03 ± 0.64 | 3.97 ± 0.64 | 7.41 ± 1.58 | 4.87 ± 4.55 | 17.53 ± 10.33 |