About the Authors

Santi Mestre-Fos

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for the Origin of Life, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Petar I. Penev

Roles Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Center for the Origin of Life, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John Colin Richards

Roles Investigation, Validation

Affiliations Center for the Origin of Life, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

William L. Dean

Roles Investigation

Affiliation James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Robert D. Gray

Roles Investigation

Affiliation James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Jonathan B. Chaires

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Loren Dean Williams

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

loren.williams@chemistry.gatech.edu

Affiliations Center for the Origin of Life, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.