About the Authors

Alexis A. Campbell

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: School of Education, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliations Roy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Metabolic Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, NSF-Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Kenna E. Stenback

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Roy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, NSF-Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Kayla Flyckt

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Roy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, NSF-Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Trang Hoang

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Roy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, NSF-Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

M Ann DN Perera

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation W.M. Keck Metabolomics Research Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Basil J. Nikolau

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

dimmas@iastate.edu

Affiliations Roy J Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, Center for Metabolic Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, NSF-Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America, W.M. Keck Metabolomics Research Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.