About the Authors

Michele Lunelli

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Cellular Microbiology, Berlin, Germany

Robert Hurwitz

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Core Facility Protein Purification, Berlin, Germany

Jutta Lambers

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Cellular Microbiology, Berlin, Germany

Michael Kolbe

kolbe@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Cellular Microbiology, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML MK. Performed the experiments: ML RH JL MK. Analyzed the data: ML RH MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML JL MK. Wrote the paper: MK. Cloning and protein purification: ML JL. Protein crystallization: ML. X-ray data collection: ML MK. X-ray data processing and structures refinement: ML. Structures analysis: ML MK. ITC and CD experiments: ML. SPR experiment: RH. Invasion assays: JL.