About the Authors

Joakim Mark Andersen

Affiliations Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Rodolphe Barrangou

Affiliation DuPont Nutrition and Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Maher Abou Hachem

Affiliation Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Sampo J. Lahtinen

Affiliation DuPont Nutrition and Health, Kantvik, Finland

Yong-Jun Goh

Affiliation Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Birte Svensson

Affiliation Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Todd R. Klaenhammer

klaenhammer@ncsu.edu

Affiliation Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dupont Nutrition and Health funded portions of the project and two primary contributing authors, R.B. and S.L. are research scientists employed by DuPont Nutrition and Health. This association had no impact on the scientific integrity of the experiments, objectivity of the data generated or validity of the scientific conclusions made from this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMA RB MAH SL BS TRK. Performed the experiments: JMA YJG. Analyzed the data: JMA RB YJG TRK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL YJG TRK. Wrote the paper: JMA RB MAH SL YJG BS TRK.