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. 2016 Mar 21;6:21702. doi: 10.1038/srep21702

Table 1. Proteins considered and the characteristics of their knots as well as critical forces, Fc, at which they jam the pores (cf. Eq. 1); N and C stand for pulling by the N and C terminus respectively; free means that the protein always translocates.

Protein pdb length knotted core knot type Fc(N)[ε/Å] Fc(C)[ε/Å]
YbeA from E. coli 1ns5 1–153 67–121 trefoil 0.57 ± 0.04 0.15 ± 0.05
zinc-finger motif 2k0a −1–107 21–73 trefoil 2.65 ± 0.03 free
YibK methyltransferase 1j85 1–156 75–120 trefoil free 0.2 ± 0.05
YbeA-like (T.maritima) 1o6d 1–147 65–118 trefoil 1.64 ± 0.03 0.16 ± 0.04
Ribbon-helix-helix protein 2efv 6–87 13–80 trefoil free free
transcarbamylase (X.campestris) 1yh1 3–336 172–254 trefoil 0.05 ± 0.05 0.1 ± 0.05
FLIN2 chimaeric protein 1j2o(14) 1–114 42–95 figure-of-eight free 1.95 ± 0.02