About the Authors

Quang M. Tran

Affiliation Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Carmen Fong

Affiliation Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Richard A. Rothery

Affiliation Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Elena Maklashina

Affiliations Molecular Biology Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Gary Cecchini

Affiliations Molecular Biology Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joel H. Weiner

joel.weiner@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QT RAR. Performed the experiments: QT CF EM. Analyzed the data: QT CF RAR EM GC JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC JW. Wrote the paper: QT JW GC.