About the Authors

Mario Waespy

Affiliation Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Thaddeus T. Gbem

Affiliations Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Africa Centre of Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

Leroy Elenschneider

Affiliation Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

André-Philippe Jeck

Affiliation Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Christopher J. Day

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Lauren Hartley-Tassell

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Nicolai Bovin

Affiliation Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Joe Tiralongo

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Thomas Haselhorst

Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Sørge Kelm

skelm@uni-bremen.de

Affiliations Centre for Biomolecular Interactions Bremen, Faculty for Biology and Chemistry, University Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Africa Centre of Excellence for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University Gold Coast Campus, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW JT TH SK. Performed the experiments: MW TTG LE APJ CJD LHT SK. Analyzed the data: MW TTG CJD LHT JT TH SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NB CJD LHT. Wrote the paper: MW TTG NB JT TH SK.