About the Authors

Hualiang Pi

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Shari A. Jones

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Lynn E. Mercer

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jessica P. Meador

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Joyce E. Caughron

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Lorne Jordan

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Salete M. Newton

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Tyrrell Conway

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Stevenson Life Sciences Research Center, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Phillip E. Klebba

peklebba@ksu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PEK SMN TC. Performed the experiments: HP SAJ LEM JPM JEC LJ SMN PEK. Analyzed the data: HP SAJ LEM JPM JEC LJ SMN TC PEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PEK TC. Wrote the paper: SMN PEK TC.