About the Authors

John D. Steemson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Matthias Baake

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Jasna Rakonjac

Affiliation Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

Vickery L. Arcus

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Mark T. Liddament

mliddament@obodies.co.nz

Affiliation OBodies Limited, Hamilton, New Zealand

Competing Interests

VA is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. MTL is an employee of OBodies Ltd. VA, MB and JDS are named inventors on an international patent application owned by OBodies Ltd (entitled “OB FOLD DOMAINS”; PCT/NZ2007/000125) which covers part of this work. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTL JDS VA MB. Performed the experiments: MTL JDS MB. Analyzed the data: MTL JDS MB VA JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the paper: MTL JDS VA.