About the Authors

Michal Bista

Contributed equally to this work with: Michal Bista, David Smithson

Affiliations Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany, Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

David Smithson

Contributed equally to this work with: Michal Bista, David Smithson

Affiliation Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Aleksandra Pecak

Affiliation Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Gabriella Salinas

Affiliation Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Katarzyna Pustelny

Affiliation Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Jaeki Min

Affiliation Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Artur Pirog

Affiliation Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Kristin Finch

Affiliations Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Michal Zdzalik

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Brett Waddell

Affiliation Hartwell Center for Biotechnology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Benedykt Wladyka

Affiliation Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Sylwia Kedracka-Krok

Affiliations Department of Physical Biochemistry, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland

Michael A. Dyer

Affiliations Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Grzegorz Dubin

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Krakow, Poland

R. Kiplin Guy

kip.guy@stjude.org

Affiliation Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB DS GD RKG. Performed the experiments: MB DS AP GS KP JM AP KF MZ B. Waddell B. Wladyka SK-K. Analyzed the data: MB DS JM MAD GD RKG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB DS AP GS KP JM AP KF MZ B. Waddell B. Wladyka SK-K. Wrote the paper: RKG GD.