About the Authors

Naoki Takizawa

takizawan@bikaken.or.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan

Toshinobu Fujiwara

Current address: Department of Molecular Health Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan

Manabu Yamasaki

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan

Ayako Saito

Affiliation Department of Molecular Health Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

Akira Fukao

Current address: Department of Molecular Health Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan

Akio Nomoto

Affiliation Laboratory of Basic Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan

Kiyohisa Mizumoto

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT TF AN. Performed the experiments: NT TF MY AS AF. Analyzed the data: NT TF MY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT TF MY. Wrote the paper: NT TF AN KM.