About the Authors

Paulo A. Silva

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo A. Silva, Gustavo Monnerat-Cahli

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gustavo Monnerat-Cahli

Contributed equally to this work with: Paulo A. Silva, Gustavo Monnerat-Cahli

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Amaury Pereira-Acácio

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ricardo Luzardo

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Luzia S. Sampaio

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcia A. Luna-Leite

Affiliation Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Lucienne S. Lara

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marcelo Einicker-Lamas

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rogério Panizzutti

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Caroline Madeira

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Leucio D. Vieira-Filho

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Carmen Castro-Chaves

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Valdilene S. Ribeiro

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Ana D. O. Paixão

Affiliations National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil

Emiliano Medei

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Adalberto Vieyra

avieyra@biof.ufrj.br

Affiliations Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, National Institute of Science and Technology for Structural Biology and Bioimaging, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PAS GMC LSL ME-L RP LV-F CC-C ADOP EM AV. Performed the experiments: PAS GMC AP-A RL LSS MAL-L LSL CM LV-F VSR EM. Analyzed the data: PAS GMC AP-A RL LSS MAL-L LSL ME-L RP CM LV-F CC-C VSR ADOP EM AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LSL ME-L RP CC-C ADOP EM AV. Wrote the paper: PAS GMC CC-C ADOP EM AV.