About the Authors

Chunju An

Affiliations Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China

Yasuaki Hiromasa

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

Xin Zhang

Affiliation Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Scott Lovell

Affiliation Protein Structure Laboratory, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Michal Zolkiewski

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

John M. Tomich

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

Kristin Michel

kmichel@ksu.edu

Affiliation Division of Biology, 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: KM MZ CA. Performed the experiments: CA YH XZ SL. Analyzed the data: CA YH XZ SL MZ KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMT YH XZ MZ SL. Wrote the paper: CA SL MZ KM.