About the Authors

Malene Brohus

Affiliations The Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States of America, Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Frederik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg Oe, Denmark

Vera Gorbunova

Affiliation University of Rochester, Department of Biology, 434 Hutchinson Hall, River Campus, Rochester, New York, 14627, United States of America

Chris G. Faulkes

Affiliation School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom

Michael T. Overgaard

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Frederik Bajers Vej 7H, DK-9220 Aalborg Oe, Denmark

Cheryl A. Conover

Conover.Cheryl@mayo.edu

Affiliation The Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB MTO CAC. Performed the experiments: MB. Analyzed the data: MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VG CGF. Wrote the paper: MB MTO CAC. Advised on experimental protocol: VG CGF MTO CAC. Reviewed manuscript: MB VG CGF MTO CAC.