Table 1.

Model parameters of prominent biochemical and chemomechanical models of microtubule growth. Dwell times are calculated by using free energy to solve for the equilibrium constant, using the on-rate to calculate the off-rate, and inverting the off-rate.

Paper	kon (μM−1 s−1 pf−1)	ΔGlong (kBT)	ΔGlat (kBT)	Loner dwell time (ms)	Corner dwell time (ms)
Mickolajcyzk et al. 201945	0.8 - Yeast	−12	−3.6	203.4	7445.7
Schaedel et al. 201946	1	−18.8	−9.4	0.1a	984.6a
Margolin et al. 2012118	1.25	−9.4	−0.3	9.7	13.1
Thawani et al.60	1.3	−7.2	−6.5	1	685.3
vanBuren et al. 200222	2	−9.4	−3.2	6	148.3
	4	−6.8	−5.7	0.2	67.1
Piedra et al. 201526	4 - Yeast	−5.8	−6.6	0.1	60.7
Gardner et al. 2011 64	4	−9.5	−5	3.3	495.7
Coombes et al. 201352	5	−7.2	−5.7	0.3	80.1
Chaaban et al. 201841	6 – C. elegans	−7.1	−6.4	0.2	121.6
	6	−6.3	−5	0.1	13.5
Zakharov et al. 2015116	0.63	−15.5	−9.1
McIntosh et al. 201875	0.63	−16.6	−5.3
Gudimchuk et al. 2020117	0.63	−16.9	−13.5
Castle et al. 201363	12.7 - Loner	−6.7		0.1 a
	7.4 - Corner	−6.7	−3.6		4 a

Notes:

^aIncludes entropic penalty specified in the paper.