About the Authors

David M. Hershey

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Xuefeng Ren

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ryan A. Melnyk

Affiliation Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Patrick J. Browne

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Ertan Ozyamak

Affiliation Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Stephanie R. Jones

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Michelle C. Y. Chang

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

James H. Hurley

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Arash Komeili

komeili@berkeley.edu

Affiliations Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMH XR RAM PJB EO SRJ MCYC JHH AK. Performed the experiments: DMH XR RAM PJB EO SRJ. Analyzed the data: DMH XR RAM PJB EO SRJ MCYC JHH AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMH XR RAM SRJ MCYC JHH AK. Wrote the paper: DMH RAM AK.