About the Authors

Arthur A. Nery

Contributed equally to this work with: Arthur A. Nery, Margaret H. Magdesian

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Margaret H. Magdesian

Contributed equally to this work with: Arthur A. Nery, Margaret H. Magdesian

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Cleber A. Trujillo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Luciana B. Sathler

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Maria A. Juliano

Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Luiz Juliano

Affiliation Department of Biophysics, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Henning Ulrich

henning@iq.usp.br (HU); ferreira@bioqmed.ufrj.br (STF)

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Chemistry Institute, São Paulo University, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Sergio T. Ferreira

henning@iq.usp.br (HU); ferreira@bioqmed.ufrj.br (STF)

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: corresponding authors Henning Ulrich and Sergio T. Ferreira are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAN MHM MAJ LJ HU STF. Performed the experiments: AAN MHM CAT LBS. Analyzed the data: AAN MHM HU STF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MHM MAJ LJ HU STF. Wrote the paper: AAN MHM HU STF.