About the Authors

Sangwoo Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangwoo Kim, Hanul Kim

Affiliation Division of Molecular Life Sciences, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Hanul Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Sangwoo Kim, Hanul Kim

Affiliation Division of Molecular Life Sciences, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Donghwi Ko

Affiliation POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Integrative Biology and Biotechnology, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Yasuyo Yamaoka

Affiliation Division of Molecular Life Sciences, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Masumi Otsuru

Affiliation Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Japan

Maki Kawai-Yamada

Affiliations Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Japan, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Japan

Toshiki Ishikawa

Affiliation Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Japan

Hee-Mock Oh

Affiliation Environmental Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea

Ikuo Nishida

Affiliation Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Saitama, Japan

Yonghua Li-Beisson

Affiliation Department of Plant Biology and Environmental Microbiology, CEA-CNRS-Aix Marseille University, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France

Youngsook Lee

ylee@postech.ac.kr

Affiliations Division of Molecular Life Sciences, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea, POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Integrative Biology and Biotechnology, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK HK IN Y. Li-Beisson Y. Lee. Performed the experiments: SK HK DK YY MO MK-Y TI H-MO. Analyzed the data: SK HK IN Y. Li-Beisson Y. Lee. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IN H-MO Y. Lee. Wrote the paper: SK HK IN Y. Li-Beisson Y. Lee.