About the Authors

Age Brauer

age.brauer@ut.ee

Affiliations Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia, University of Tartu, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu, Estonia

Alexander Kurz

Affiliation Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Tim Stockwell

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Holly Baden-Tillson

Affiliation J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Juliana Heidler

Affiliation Department for Molecular Hematology, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Ilka Wittig

Affiliation Molecular Bioenergetics Group, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Cluster of Excellence Frankfurt Macromolecular Complexes, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Silke Kauferstein

Affiliation Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Dietrich Mebs

Affiliations Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Frankfurt Medical School, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Toxinomics Foundation, Geneva, Switzerland

Reto Stöcklin

Affiliation Atheris Laboratories, Geneva, Switzerland

Maido Remm

Affiliations Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia, University of Tartu, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu, Estonia

Competing Interests

RS is co-owner, President and CEO of Atheris Laboratories, a biotechnology company working in the field of discovery of bio-active molecules from animal venoms and other natural origins. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. None of the other authors have any ownership of stocks, employment or board membership in companies with competing interests with relation to data presented here, neither financial, professional nor personal. The authors’ declare that this article has no conflicts of interest relating to patents or products in development or marketed products etc. None of the sequences has been submitted to any intellectual property protection process, for development of marketed products nor used in consultancy.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK TS HBT JH IW SK DM RS. Performed the experiments: AK JH IW HBT. Analyzed the data: AB MR AK. Wrote the paper: AB AK TS HBT JH IW SK DM RS MR.