About the Authors

Alex Chapeaurouge

Affiliations Laboratório de Toxinologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045–900, Brazil, Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore

Md Abu Reza

Current address: University of Rajshahi, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Rajshahi, 6205, Bangladesh

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore

Stephen P. Mackessy

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, 501 20th St., CB 92, Greeley, Colorado, 80639–0017, United States of America

Paulo C. Carvalho

Affiliations Laboratório de Toxinologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045–900, Brazil, Laboratory for Proteomics and Protein Engineering, Carlos Chagas Institute, Fiocruz, Curitiba, PR, 81350–010, Brazil

Richard H. Valente

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045–900, Brazil

André Teixeira-Ferreira

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045–900, Brazil

Jonas Perales

Affiliation Laboratório de Toxinologia, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21045–900, Brazil

Qingsong Lin

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore

R. Manjunatha Kini

dbskinim@nus.edu.sg

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, 23298–0614, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC RMK JP. Performed the experiments: AC ATF QL MAR. Analyzed the data: AC PCC RV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC JP PCC RMK. Wrote the paper: AC SPM.