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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 12.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Biol. 2018 Nov 5;28(21):R1266–R1281. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.034

Table 2. Translocation rates of SMC complexes and other motor proteins.

Protein complex Max. translocation speed (s-1) Step size (ATP-1) Stall force (pN) References
SMCs B. subtilis SMC-ScpAB * 770 bp [41]
G. gallus Condensin * 170 bp [60]
S. cerevisiae Condensin 1,500 bp 750 bp 1 [31]
Selected motors E. coli FtsK translocase 4,800 bp 2 bp >60 [22,64]
E. coli EcoR124I translocase 840 bp 2 bp >4 [23,65]
S. cerevisiae RSC translocase 25 bp 2 bp 30 [66]
D. melanogaster kinesin 1,000 nm 8 nm 6 [67]
S. cerevisiae dynein variable 8-32 nm 1 [67]
*

estimates from Hi-C data