Table 1.

List of parameters and initial constant densities.

Description	Symbol	Value	Reference
length of actin filaments	l	6 µm	used in this study
density of actin filaments	ρ	2 µm−1	used in this study
density of myosin filaments	μ	2 µm−1	used in this study
Ring length	L	5 × 2π µm	used in this study
Treadmilling rate	υtr	0.1 µm s−1	[29]
Stall force for myosin filaments	Fs	5 pN	[30]
Free myosin velocity	Vm	0.5 µm s−1	[30]
Drag friction due to cross-linkers	η	~ 15 pN s µm−2	[31]
diffusion rate of F-actin	Da	~ 0.004 µm2 s−1	[32]
diffusion rate of myosin	Dm	~ 0.004 µm2 s−1	estimated in [33]
background friction	ζ	~ 10 – 100 pN s µm−1	same order of magnitude as [31]
F-actin turnover	κa	~ 0.01 – 0.1 s−1	[34]
Myosin filament turnover	κm	~ 0.01 – 0.1 s−1	estimated in [33]