About the Authors

Fernanda D’Amélio

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, The Postgraduate Program in Toxinology, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Centre of Excellence in New Target Discovery (CENTD), Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Hugo Vigerelli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliations Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Centre of Excellence in New Target Discovery (CENTD), Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Rodrigo Pinheiros Araldi

Affiliation BioDecision Analytics Ltda., São Paulo, Brazil

Adriana da Costa Neves

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Álvaro Rossan de Brandão Prieto-da-Silva

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Daniel Pimenta

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Irina Kerkis

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

irina.kerkis@butantan.gov.br

Affiliations Laboratory of Genetics, Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil, Centre of Excellence in New Target Discovery (CENTD), Butantan Institute, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

Financial support for this work was provided by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK; Grant No. 2015/50040-4 to IK). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.