About the Authors

Marcia C. T. Santos

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

Mauricio B. Goldfeder

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

Nilson I. T. Zanchin

Affiliations Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Limeira, São Paulo, Brazil

Carla C. Oliveira

ccoliv@iq.usp.br

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCTS CCO. Performed the experiments: MCTS MBG. Analyzed the data: MCTS MBG NITZ CCO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCTS MBG NITZ CCO. Wrote the paper: MCTS MBG NITZ CCO.