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. 2008 Oct 15;4:11–18. doi: 10.2142/biophysics.4.11

Table 1.

Kinetic parameters of kinesin steps. Mean±s.e.m. T=25°C. *Rate constants for the biochemical transition (kc) are described by: kc= 1/τc, where τc is the time constant of the load-independent transition in Fig. 2b.

[ATPlim] (=10 μM) [ATPsat] (=1 mM)

kζ0 (s−1) dζ (nm) kζ0 (s−1) dζ (nm)
Forward step (f) 106±8 2.7±0.1 528±49 2.6±0.1
Backward step (b) 0.39±0.04 0.0±0.1 1.81±0.17 0.1±0.1
Detachment (d) 0.05±0.01 −1.8±0.2 0.18±0.03 −1.2±0.1
Biochemical* (c) 212±28 N/A 207±13 N/A