About the Authors

James C. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Nate C. Hurley

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Marcello Tortorici

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Giuseppe Ciossani

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Maria Teresa Borrello

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Nadeem A. Vellore

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

A. Ganesan

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Andrea Mattevi

andrea.mattevi@unipv.it (AM); r.baron@utah.edu (RB)

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biotechnology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Riccardo Baron

andrea.mattevi@unipv.it (AM); r.baron@utah.edu (RB)

Affiliation Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM RB. Performed the experiments: JCR NCH MBT GC MTB NAV. Analyzed the data: JCR NCH MBT GC MTB NAV AG AM RB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG AM RB. Wrote the paper: JCR RB.