My research is focused on understanding the molecular mechanisms in membrane trafficking by analysing protein-protein interactions using crystallography and other biological and physical techniques.
Structural studies of bacterioferritin B from Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggest a gating mechanism for iron uptake via the ferroxidase center
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
Binding of Pseudomonas aeruginosa apobacterioferritin-associated ferredoxin to bacterioferritin B promotes heme mediation of electron delivery and mobilization of core mineral iron
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
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
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
