Publications list - Wimal Ubhayasekera (2005.05.06)

 

Manuscripts

  1. Wimal Ubhayasekera, Ce Mun Tang, Terese Bergfors, Gunnar Berglund, Mee-Len Chye and Sherry L. Mowbray (2005). Crystal structure of a family 19 chitinase from Brassica juncea shows flexibility of binding cleft loops. Manuscript in preparation
 
Refereed articles
  1. Wimal Ubhayasekera, Mu–oz, I.G., Vasella, A., StŒhlberg, J. And Mowbray, S.L. (2005). Structures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium Cel7D in complex with product and inhibitors. FEBS Journal. 272, 1952-64.
  2. Ce Mun Tang, Mee-Len Chye, Sathishkumar Ramalingam, Ouyang Shi-Wen, Kai-Jun Zhao, Wimal Ubhayasekera and Sherry Mowbray (2004). Functional analysis of the chitin-binding domains and the catalytic domain of Brassica juncea chitinase BjCHI1. Plant Mol Biol, 56, 285-298.
  3. Takuji Mitsunaga, Minoru Iwase, Wimal Ubhayasekera, Sherry Lynn Mowbray and Daizo Koga (2004). Molecular cloning of a genomic DNA encoding yam class IV chitinase and homology modeling. J. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 68(7), 1508-17.
  4. Harry R. Harhangi, Alexander C. J. Freelove, Wimal Ubhayasekera, Maarten van Dinther, Peter J. M. Steenbakkers, Anna Akhmanova, Chris van der Drift, Mike S.M. Jetten, Sherry L. Mowbray, Harry J. Gilbert and Huub J. M. Op den Camp (2003). Cel6A, a major exoglucanase from the cellulosome of the anaerobic fungi Piromyces  sp. E2 and Piromyces equi Biochem Biophys Acta, 1628, 30-39.
  5. Nina Grantcharova , Wimal Ubhayasekera, Sherry L. Mowbray, Joseph R.McCormick, and Klas FlŠrdh, (2003). A missense mutation in ftsZ differentially affects vegetative and developmentally controlled cell division in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Mol Microbiol, 47, 645-656.
  6. Steenbakkers, P. J. M., Ubhayasekera, W., Goossen, H. J. A. M., van Lierop, E. M. H. M., van der Drift, C., Vogels, G. D., Mowbray, S. L. & Op den Camp , H. J. M. (2002). An intron-containing family 9 cellulase gene encodes the dominant 90 kDa component of the cellulosome of the anaerobic fungus Piromyces sp. strain E2. Biochem J. 365, 193-204.
  7. Ines G. Munoz, Wimal Ubhayasekera, Hongbin Henriksson, Istvan Szab—, Gšran Pettersson, Gunnar Johansson, Sherry L. Mowbray and Jerry StŒhlberg  (2001). Family 7 Cellobiohydrolases from Phanerochaete chrysosporium: Crystal structure of the catalytic module of Cel7D (CBH58) at 1.32Å resolution and homology models of the isozymes. J. Mol. Biol. 314, 1097-1111.
 
Refereed conference contributions
  1. Wimal Ubhayasekera, InŽs G. Mu–oz, T. Alwyn Jones, Gunnar Johansson, Jerry StŒhlberg and Sherry L. Mowbray (2003) Structural studies of Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiohydrolases, Experimental Biology 2003, San Diego, USA, Program 121 Glycobiology, Presentation number B42 121.1 (Ubhayasekera, W., I.G. Mu–oz, T.A. Jones, G. Johansson, J. StŒhlberg & S.L. Mowbray (2003). Structural Studies of Phanerochaete Chrysosporium Cellobiohydrolases. Faseb Journal 17(4): A160-A160.)
  2. Wimal Ubhayasekera and Sherry L. Mowbray (2003) Getting structural information from proteins; homology modeling approach. ISDSB 2003, Tsukuba, Japan, P-89, page 186 ISDSB.
 
Theses
  1. Wimal Ubhayasekera (2005) Ph.D. thesis title: Structural Studies of Cellulose and Chitin Active Enzymes, ISSN 1652-6880, ISBN 91-576-7017-X, Department of Molecular Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. (Electronic publishing: http://diss-epsilon.slu.se/archive/00000772/) You can also download the complete thesis here
  2. Wimal Ubhayasekera (1999) M.Sc. thesis title: Systems for the identification of strains producing high levels of chitin deacetylase, Bioprocess Technology Division, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathum Thani, Thailand.
  3. Wimal Ubhayasekera (1996) B.Sc. (Honors) thesis title: The effect of tamarind extracts and potassium sorbate on the growth of spoilage bacteria, fungi and pathogens in fish processing, Department of Zoology, University of Ruhuna, Matara, Sri Lanka.

 

Invited guest lecture
  1. Wimal Ubhayasekera (26.04.2005) Protein structure analysis in-silico, IMBIM, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Swedenls
  2. Wimal Ubhayasekera (12.12.2003) Structure elucidation of an enzyme and its active site, Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS) annual meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka
  3. Wimal Ubhayasekera (21.05.2003) Overview of protein structural studies; Phanerochaete chrysosporium cellobiohydrolases as an example, Graduate School of Agricultural & Life Sciences Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan
  4. Wimal Ubhayasekera (23.05.2003) Getting structural information from proteins; homology modeling approach, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
  5. Wimal Ubhayasekera (15.05.2003) Overview of protein structural studies and Phanerochaete chrysosporium Cel7D: structure and isozyme homology models at the Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Ueda, Japan
  6. Wimal Ubhayasekera (07.05.2003) Phanerochaete chrysosporium Cel7D: structure and isozyme homology models, at the Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

 

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