About the Authors

Pietro Tedesco

Affiliations Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, Via P. Castellino 111, I-80131, Naples, Italy, Department of Chemical Sciences and School of Biotechnological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126, Naples, Italy

Marco Visone

Affiliation Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, Via P. Castellino 111, I-80131, Naples, Italy

Ermenegilda Parrilli

Affiliation Department of Chemical Sciences and School of Biotechnological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126, Naples, Italy

Maria Luisa Tutino

Affiliation Department of Chemical Sciences and School of Biotechnological Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, I-80126, Naples, Italy

Elena Perrin

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial and Molecular Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Isabel Maida

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial and Molecular Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Renato Fani

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial and Molecular Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Madonna del Piano, I-50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Francesco Ballestriero

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences and Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052, New South Wales, Australia

Radleigh Santos

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute of Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, FL, United States of America, and San Diego, CA, United States of America

Clemencia Pinilla

Affiliation Torrey Pines Institute of Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, FL, United States of America, and San Diego, CA, United States of America

Elia Di Schiavi

Affiliations Institute of Bioscience and BioResources, National Research Council, via P. Castellino 111, I-80131, Naples, Italy, Institute of Genetics and Biophysics, National Research Council, via P. Castellino 111, I-80131, Naples, Italy

George Tegos

d.depascale@ibp.cnr.it (DdP); gtegos@tpims.org (GT)

Affiliations Torrey Pines Institute of Molecular Studies, Port St. Lucie, FL, United States of America, and San Diego, CA, United States of America, Wellman Centre for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Donatella de Pascale

d.depascale@ibp.cnr.it (DdP); gtegos@tpims.org (GT)

Affiliation Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, Via P. Castellino 111, I-80131, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PT EDS FB GT DdP. Performed the experiments: PT MV DdP. Analyzed the data: PT EP IM RF EDS FB GT MLT EP RS CP DdP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EDS DdP. Wrote the paper: PT EP IM RF EDS FB GT MLT EP RS CP DdP.