About the Authors

Martin Hoefling

Affiliation Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Nicola Lima

Affiliation Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Dominik Haenni

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Claus A. M. Seidel

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Physical Chemistry (MPC), Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

Benjamin Schuler

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Helmut Grubmüller

hgrubmu@gwdg.de

Affiliation Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MH NL BS CAMS HG. Performed the experiments: MH NL BS HG DH. Analyzed the data: MH NL BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH NL BS CAMS HG DH. Wrote the paper: MH NL BS CAMS HG.