About the Authors

Michael A. Jamros

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Leandro C. Oliveira

Affiliation Laboratório Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do Bioetanol – CTBE/CNPEM, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

Paul C. Whitford

Affiliation Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

José N. Onuchic

Affiliation Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joseph A. Adams

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Patricia A. Jennings

pajennin@ucsd.edu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAJ LCO PCW JNO PAJ. Performed the experiments: MAJ LCO PCW. Analyzed the data: MAJ PCO PCW PAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PCW JNO PAJ. Wrote the paper: MAJ LCO PCW PAJ JAA.