About the Authors

Matthew B. Tessier

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Oliver C. Grant

Affiliation School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro

Current address: Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

David Smith

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Snehal Jadey

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Andrew M. Gulick

Affiliation Hauptman-Woodward Institute, Department of Structural Biology, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

John Glushka

Affiliation Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Susan L. Deutscher

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Kate Rittenhouse-Olson

krolson@buffalo.edu (KRO); rwoods@ccrc.uga.edu (RJW)

Affiliation Department of Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Robert J. Woods

krolson@buffalo.edu (KRO); rwoods@ccrc.uga.edu (RJW)

Affiliations Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBT OCG KRO RJW. Performed the experiments: MBT OCG JHM DFS SJ JG SLD AMG. Analyzed the data: MBT OCG JHM AMG RJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBT OCG KRO JHM DS RJW. Wrote the paper: MBT OCG KRO RJW.