About the Authors

Bradlee L. Heckmann

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America, Metabolic HEALth Program, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America, Mayo Graduate School, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Xiaodong Zhang

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America, Metabolic HEALth Program, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Alicia M. Saarinen

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America, Metabolic HEALth Program, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Jun Liu

liu.jun@mayo.edu

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America, Metabolic HEALth Program, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BLH JL. Performed the experiments: BLH XZ AMS. Analyzed the data: BLH XZ JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLH XZ AMS. Wrote the paper: BLH JL.