About the Authors

Kin-Kwan Lai

Contributed equally to this work with: Kin-Kwan Lai, Peter J. Stogios

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Peter J. Stogios

Contributed equally to this work with: Kin-Kwan Lai, Peter J. Stogios

Affiliation Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Structural Proteomics in Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Clara Vu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, UF Undergraduate Research Program MCB4905, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Xiaohui Xu

Affiliation Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Structural Proteomics in Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hong Cui

Affiliation Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Structural Proteomics in Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sara Molloy

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, UF Undergraduate Research Program MCB4905, Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Alexei Savchenko

Affiliation Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Structural Proteomics in Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alexander Yakunin

Affiliation Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, Structural Proteomics in Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Claudio F. Gonzalez

cfgonzalez@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K-KL AS AY CFG. Performed the experiments: K-KL PJS CV XX HC SM. Analyzed the data: K-KL PJS CFG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS AY CFG. Wrote the paper: K-KL PJS CFG.