Thushani D. Nilaweera

National Institutes of Health — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Electron Spin Resonance Studies(10), Porphyrin Metabolism and Disorders(7), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(3), Folate and B Vitamins Research(3), Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies(3)

Publications17 total

Phospholipid composition strongly affects the assembly of β barrel proteins into purified bacterial outer membranes
Nature Communications·2026Open Access
Exploring gender in recent high-profile publications on viral membrane proteins
Biophysical Journal·2024
A disulfide chaperone knockout facilitates spin labeling and pulse <scp>EPR</scp> spectroscopy of outer membrane transporters
Protein Science·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Structural intermediates observed only in intact Escherichia coli indicate a mechanism for TonB-dependent transport
eLife·2021· 25 citedOpen Access
Author response: Structural intermediates observed only in intact Escherichia coli indicate a mechanism for TonB-dependent transport
2021Open Access
Structural intermediates observed only in intact <i>Escherichia coli</i> indicate a mechanism for TonB-dependent transport
2021Open Access
Disulfide Chaperone Knockouts Facilitate Double Spin Labelling of an Outer Membrane Transporter For in Vitro EPR Studies
Biophysical Journal·2021Open Access
Native Cell Environment Constrains Loop Structure in the Escherichia coli Cobalamin Transporter BtuB
Biophysical Journal·2020· 18 citedOpen Access
Evidence for the Supramolecular Organization of a Bacterial Outer-Membrane Protein from In Vivo Pulse Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Journal of the American Chemical Society·2020· 24 citedOpen Access
EPR Distance Measurements on the E. coli Cobalamin Transporter BtuB Indicate Conformation and Organization are Dependent on the Native, Cellular Environment
Biophysical Journal·2020Open Access
From the GRAM-Negative Bacterial Extracellular Space to Periplasmic Space with EPR: Exploring the Escherichia Coli Vitamin B12 Transporter, BtuB, in Whole Cells
Biophysical Journal·2020Open Access
Disulfide Chaperone Knockouts Enable In Vivo Double Spin Labeling of an Outer Membrane Transporter
Biophysical Journal·2019· 11 citedOpen Access
Disulfide chaperone knock-outs enable <i>in-vivo</i> double spin-labeling of an outer-membrane transporter
2019Open Access
Comparative Analysis of Pulsed EPR Distance Measurements in an E. coli Cobalamin Transporter in Cells Versus Isolated Outer Membranes Reveals Novel Conformational Changes Dependent on the Native Environment
Biophysical Journal·2019Open Access
An Approach for Exploring Novel Conformational States and Membrane Organization of BtuB in Whole Cells using EPR Spectroscopy
Biophysical Journal·2019Open Access
Exploring BtuB in Escherichia coli via a new direct spin labeling approach and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
Libra·2018Open Access
Targeting the <i>de Novo</i> Biosynthesis of Thymidylate for the Development of a PET Probe for Pancreatic Cancer Imaging
Biochemistry·2015· 5 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

David S. Cafiso(13), David A. Nyenhuis(11), Robert K. Nakamoto(5), Viranga W. Wimalasiri(2), Jessica K. Niblo(1), Nhu Q. Nguyen(1), Kateri H. DuBay(1), Muhammad Saeed(1), Amnon Kohen(1), Kinga A. Jurczak(1), Monika K. Wieliniec(1), Nathan Brandes(1), Ian S. LaCroix(1), Benjamin Schwarz(1), Harris D Bernstein(1), Sarah M. Temkin(1), Elizabeth Barr(1)