Table 1. Model parameter values.
Parameter | Description | Values | Notes and Refs |
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r N | Radius of neurofilament backbone | 5 nm | [3, 107, 108] |
r M | Radius of microtubule backbone | 12.5 nm | [3] |
r M | Radius of organelles | 25–200 nm | [50, 109] E.E. |
R b | capturing radius for microtubule-cargoe active binding | 80 nm | [110] |
rate for neurofilament binding | 1.0 × 10−2 /s | [111], E.E. | |
rate for neurofilament unbinding | 6.5 × 10−2 /s | [111] | |
rate for neurofilament departure | 0.1 /s | E.E | |
rate for organelle binding | 2 /s | [112, 113] | |
rate for organelle unbinding | 2 /s | [112] | |
rate for organelle passage | 0.105 /s | [50, 109], E.E. | |
s O | speed of organelle movement along microtubules | 1 μm/s | [114] |
L r | characteristic repulsion distance | 121.2 nm | [102], E.E. |
ε r | repulsion scale (= ε NN) | 0.5 pN | E.E. |
κ N | effective spring constant for microtubule-neurofilament binding | 0.18 pN/nm | [115], E.E. |
κ O | effective spring constant for organelle-microtubule binding | 0.9 pN/nm | [115], E.E. |
μ N | drag coefficient of neurofilaments | 73.5 pN ⋅ s/μm | E.E |
μ M | drag coefficient of microtubules | 512 pN ⋅ s/μm | E.E |
μ O | drag coefficient of organelles | 40.3 pN ⋅ s/μm | E.E |
D N | diffusion coefficient of neurofilaments | 5.59 × 10−5 μm2/s | E.E. |
D M | diffusion coefficient of microtubules | 8.02 × 10−6 μm2/s | E.E. |
D F | diffusion coefficient of organelles | 1.02 × 10−4 μm2/s | E.E. |
E.E.: estimated from experiments; see S1 Text for detailed information.