Table 1.
Kinetic parameters of in vitro–reconstituted MT polymerization dynamics with the addition of five factors
ConditionCLASP concentrationnGrowth rateShrinkage rateCatastrophe frequencyRescue frequency
 nM  µm/min µm/min ×10−3 s−1 ×10−3 s−1 
Tubulin alone 1.6 ± 0.1 (60) 37.9 ± 8.2 (30) 0.9 ± 0.2 (31) 10.5 ± 6.1 (6) 
Plus EB1/Sentin/Msps/Klp10A/CLASP 5.8 ± 2.2 (88) 19.0 ± 3.6 (86) 17.7 ± 2.0 (86) 5.3 ± 5.8 (7) 
 15 4.2 ± 1.3 (260) 9.1 ± 2.5 (219) 13.9 ± 3.6 (217) 81.6 ± 11.2 (211) 
 45 3.0 ± 1.0 (166) 5.6 ± 0.9 (88) 5.7 ± 3.9 (86) 86.1 ± 23.9 (87) 
P (CLASP 45 nM vs. 0 nM)   0.116 (n = 3) 0.003 (n = 3) 0.009 (n = 3) 0.005 (n = 3) 
   0.002 (exp1) <10−4 (exp1)   
   <10−4 (exp2) <10−4 (exp2)   
   <10−4 (exp3) <10−4 (exp3)   
ConditionCLASP concentrationnGrowth rateShrinkage rateCatastrophe frequencyRescue frequency
 nM  µm/min µm/min ×10−3 s−1 ×10−3 s−1 
Tubulin alone 1.6 ± 0.1 (60) 37.9 ± 8.2 (30) 0.9 ± 0.2 (31) 10.5 ± 6.1 (6) 
Plus EB1/Sentin/Msps/Klp10A/CLASP 5.8 ± 2.2 (88) 19.0 ± 3.6 (86) 17.7 ± 2.0 (86) 5.3 ± 5.8 (7) 
 15 4.2 ± 1.3 (260) 9.1 ± 2.5 (219) 13.9 ± 3.6 (217) 81.6 ± 11.2 (211) 
 45 3.0 ± 1.0 (166) 5.6 ± 0.9 (88) 5.7 ± 3.9 (86) 86.1 ± 23.9 (87) 
P (CLASP 45 nM vs. 0 nM)   0.116 (n = 3) 0.003 (n = 3) 0.009 (n = 3) 0.005 (n = 3) 
   0.002 (exp1) <10−4 (exp1)   
   <10−4 (exp2) <10−4 (exp2)   
   <10−4 (exp3) <10−4 (exp3)   

Values are mean ± SD of three independent experiments (total number of events). See Fig. 2 for a graphic presentation of these results.

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