About the Authors

Tetyana Dodatko

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Monique Akoachere

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Stefan M. Muehlbauer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Forrest Helfrich

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Amber Howerton

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Christian Ross

Affiliation School of Life Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Vicki Wysocki

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Jürgen Brojatsch

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Ernesto Abel-Santos

ernesto.abelsantos@unlv.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TD MA SMM FH VW JB EAS. Performed the experiments: TD MA SMM FH AH. Analyzed the data: TD MA SMM FH AH CR VW JB EAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR VW JB EAS. Wrote the paper: SMM VW JB EAS.