Table 1. ATPase rates of SMC complexes and other motor proteins.

	Protein complex	Max. ATPase rate (s-1)	References
SMC complexes	B. subtilis SMC	0.3	[24–26]
	B. subtilis SMC–ScpAB	0.5	[26]
	E. coli MukB	<0.1	[27,28]
	E. coli MukBEF	0.1	[28]
	S. cerevisiae Smc2–Smc4	0.2	[29]
	S. cerevisiae condensin	* 2.0	[30,31]
	X. laevis Smc2–Smc4	0.1	[32]
	X. laevis condensin	* 0.9	[33]
	S. pombe condensin	0.2	[34]
	S. pombe cohesin	** 0.2	[35]
ABC transporters	E. coli BtuCD	2	[36]
	S. typhimurium HisP	8	[37]
	T. maritima TM287/288	2	[38]
Motors	E. coli FtsK translocase	2,600	[22]
	E. coli EcoR124I translocase	998	[23]
	D. melanogaster kinesin	25	[39]
	S. cerevisiae dynein	38	[40]

^*in the presence of DNA

^**in the presence of the Scc2–Scc4 loader and DNA