About the Authors

Kwok-hei Yau

Affiliation Morningside Laboratory for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Judith Choi-wo Mak

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Susan Wai-sum Leung

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Dan Yang

Affiliation Morningside Laboratory for Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Paul M. Vanhoutte

vanhoutte.hku@hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHY JCWM SWSL PV. Performed the experiments: KHY. Analyzed the data: KHY JCWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWSL DY PV. Wrote the paper: KHY JCWM PV.