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. 2015 Aug 18;11(8):e1004406. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004406

Table 1. Model parameter values.

Parameter Description Values Notes and Refs
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]
konN rate for neurofilament binding 1.0 × 10−2 /s [111], E.E.
koffN rate for neurofilament unbinding 6.5 × 10−2 /s [111]
koutN rate for neurofilament departure 0.1 /s E.E
konO rate for organelle binding 2 /s [112, 113]
koffO rate for organelle unbinding 2 /s [112]
kinO 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.