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Dr Saroja Weeratunga

Research Officer
Institute for Molecular Bioscience
+61 7 334 62338
s.weeratunga@imb.uq.edu.au
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Publications

Journal Articles (16)
Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Simonetti, Boris, Daly, James L., Simón-Gracia, Lorena, Klein, Katja, Weeratunga, Saroja, Antón-Plágaro, Carlos, Tobi, Allan, Hodgson, Lorna, Lewis, Philip A., Heesom, Kate J., Shoemark, Deborah K., Davidson, Andrew D., Collins, Brett M., Teesalu, Tambet, Yamauchi, Yohei and Cullen, Peter J. (2022). ESCPE-1 mediates retrograde endosomal sorting of the SARS-CoV-2 host factor Neuropilin-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (25) e2201980119, 1-11. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2201980119
Paul, Blessy, Weeratunga, Saroja, Tillu, Vikas A., Hariri, Hanaa, Henne, W. Mike and Collins, Brett M. (2022). Structural predictions of the SNX-RGS proteins suggest they belong to a new class of lipid transfer proteins. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 10 826688, 826688. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.826688
Peleg, Yoav, Vincentelli, Renaud, Collins, Brett M., Chen, Kai-En, Livingstone, Emma K., Weeratunga, Saroja, Leneva, Natalya, Guo, Qian, Remans, Kim, Perez, Kathryn, Bjerga, Gro E K, Larsen, Øivind, Vaněk, Ondřej, Skořepa, Ondřej, Jacquemin, Sophie, Poterszman, Arnaud, Kjær, Svend, Christodoulou, Evangelos, Albeck, Shira, Dym, Orly, Ainbinder, Elena, Unger, Tamar, Schuetz, Anja, Matthes, Susann, Bader, Michael, de Marco, Ario, Storici, Paola, Semrau, Marta S., Stolt-Bergner, Peggy ... Fleishman, Sarel J. (2021). Community-wide experimental evaluation of the PROSS stability-design method. Journal of Molecular Biology, 433 (13) 166964, 166964. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166964
Li, Lei, Liu, Haowen, Krout, Mia, Richmond, Janet E., Wang, Yu, Bai, Jihong, Weeratunga, Saroja, Collins, Brett M., Ventimiglia, Donovan, Yu, Yi, Xia, Jingyao, Tang, Jing, Liu, Jie and Hu, Zhitao (2021). A novel dual Ca2+ sensor system regulates Ca2+-dependent neurotransmitter release. Journal of Cell Biology, 220 (4) e202008121, 1-24. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202008121
Weeratunga, Saroja, Paul, Blessy and Collins, Brett M. (2020). Recognising the signals for endosomal trafficking. Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 65, 17-27. doi: 10.1016/j.ceb.2020.02.005
Teo, Jessica L., Gomez, Guillermo A., Weeratunga, Saroja, Davies, Elizabeth M., Noordstra, Ivar, Budnar, Srikanth, Katsuno-Kambe, Hiroko, McGrath, Meagan J., Verma, Suzie, Tomatis, Vanesa, Acharya, Bipul R., Balasubramaniam, Lakshmi, Templin, Rachel M., McMahon, Kerrie-Ann, Lee, Yoke Seng, Ju, Robert J., Stebhens, Samantha J., Ladoux, Benoit, Mitchell, Christina A., Collins, Brett M., Parton, Robert G. and Yap, Alpha S. (2020). Caveolae control contractile tension for epithelia to eliminate tumor cells. Developmental Cell, 54 (1), 75-91.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.05.002
Simonetti, Boris, Paul, Blessy, Chaudhari, Karina, Weeratunga, Saroja, Steinberg, Florian, Gorla, Madhavi, Heesom, Kate J., Bashaw, Greg J., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2019). Molecular identification of a BAR domain-containing coat complex for endosomal recycling of transmembrane proteins. Nature Cell Biology, 21 (10), 1219-1233. doi: 10.1038/s41556-019-0393-3
Kasula, Ravikiran, Blum, Ailisa, Salla-Martret, Merce, Chai, Ye Jin, Jiang, Anmin, Wallis, Tristan P., Gormal, Rachel S., Brouillet, Julie Z., Padmanabhan, Pranesh, Weeratunga, Saroja K., Livingstone, Emma K., Mollazade, Mahdie, Joensuu, Merja, Martínez-Mármol, Ramón, Collins, Brett M. and Meunier, Frederic (2019). VAMP2 Binding to Munc18-1 Domain 3a Controls the Nanoscale Reorganization of the Plasma Membrane and Vesicle Interface During Vesicular Priming. SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3362260
Weeratunga, Saroja K., Osman, Asiah, Hu, Nien-Jen, Wang, Conan K., Mason, Lyndel, Svard, Staffan, Hope, Greg, Jones, Malcolm K. and Hofmann, Andreas (2012). Alpha-1 giardin is an annexin with highly unusual calcium-regulated mechanisms. Journal of Molecular Biology, 423 (2), 169-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.06.041
Weeratunga, Saroja, Hu, Nien-Jen, Simon, Anne and Hofmann, Andreas (2012). SDAR: a practical tool for graphical analysis of two-dimensional data. BMC Bioinformatics, 13 (1) 201. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-13-201
Wang, Conan K., Broder, Ursula, Weeratunga, Saroja K., Gasser, Robin B., Loukas, Alex and Hofmann, Andreas (2012). SBAL: A practical tool to generate and edit structure-based amino acid sequence alignments. Bioinformatics, 28 (7) bts035, 1026-1027. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts035
Wang, Conan K., Weeratunga, Saroja K., Pacheco, Chris M. and Hofmann, Andreas (2011). DMAN: a java tool for analysis of multi-well differential scanning fluorimetry experiments. Bioinformatics, 28 (3) btr664, 439-440. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr664
Yao, Huili, Jepkorir, Grace, Lovell, Scott, Nama, Pavithra V., Weeratunga, Saroja, Battaile, Kevin P. and Rivera, Mario (2011). Two distinct ferritin-like molecules in pseudomonas aeruginosa: the product of the bfrA gene is a bacterial ferritin (FtnA) and not a bacterioferritin (Bfr). Biochemistry, 50 (23), 5236-5248. doi: 10.1021/bi2004119
Weeratunga, Saroja K., Lovell, Scott, Yao, Huili, Battaile, Kevin P., Fischer, Christopher J., Gee, Casey E. and Rivera, Mario (2010). Structural studies of bacterioferritin B from Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggest a gating mechanism for iron uptake via the ferroxidase center. Biochemistry, 49 (6), 1160-1175. doi: 10.1021/bi9015204
Weeratunga, Saroja K., Gee, Casey E., Lovell, Scott, Zeng, Yuhong, Woodin, Carrie L. and Rivera, Mario (2009). Binding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa apobacterioferritin-associated ferredoxin to bacterioferritin B promotes heme mediation of electron delivery and mobilization of core mineral iron. Biochemistry, 48 (31), 7420-7431. doi: 10.1021/bi900561a
Wang, An, Zeng, Yuhong, Han, Huijong, Weeratunga, Saroja, Morgan, Bailey N., Moeanne-Loccoz, Pierre, Schoenbrunn, Ernst and Rivera, Mario (2007). Biochemical and structural characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bfd and FPR: Ferredoxin NADP+ reductase and not ferredoxin is the redox partner of heme oxygenase under iron-starvation conditions. Biochemistry, 46 (43), 12198-12211. doi: 10.1021/bi7013135

Conference Papers

Livingstone, Emma, Whitten, Andrew, Weeratunga, Saroja, Martin, Jennifer and Collins, Brett (2018). Characterisation of protein complexes essential to cellular trafficking. 32nd Annual Symposium of the Protein Society, Boston, MA, 9-12 July 2018 . Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
Rivera, Mario, Weeratunga, Saroja and Lovell, Scott (2011). Protein interactions in the utilization of bacterioferritin iron. 241st ACS National Meeting & Exposition, Anaheim, CA, United States, 27-31 March 2011.
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