Ruwan Epa

Oxidative desulfurization pathway for complete catabolism of sulfoquinovose by bacteria

Mahima Sharma, James P Lingford, Marija Petricevic, Alexander JD Snow, Yunyang Zhang, Michael A Jarva, Janice W-Y Mui, Nichollas E Scott, Eleanor C Saunders, Ruwan Epa, Bruna M da Silva, Douglas EV Pires, David B Ascher, Malcolm J McConville, Gideon J Davies, Spencer J Williams, Ethan D Goddard-Borger

Journal article  |  2022  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Catabolism of sulfoquinovose (SQ; 6-deoxy-6-sulfoglucose), the ubiquitous sulfosugar produced by photosynthetic organisms, is an i..

The sulfoquinovosyl glycerol binding protein SmoF binds and accommodates plant sulfolipids.

Alexander JD Snow, Mahima Sharma, James P Lingford, Yunyang Zhang, Janice W-Y Mui, Ruwan Epa, Ethan D Goddard-Borger, Spencer J Williams, Gideon J Davies

Journal article  |  2022  |  Curr Res Struct Biol

Sulfoquinovose (SQ) is the anionic headgroup of the ubiquitous plant sulfolipid, sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG). SQDG can u..

Molecular Basis of Sulfosugar Selectivity in Sulfoglycolysis

Mahima Sharma, Palika Abayakoon, Ruwan Epa, Yi Jin, James P Lingford, Tomohiro Shimada, Masahiro Nakano, Janice W-Y Mui, Akira Ishihama, Ethan D Goddard-Borger, Gideon J Davies, Spencer J Williams

Journal article  |  2021  |  ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE

The sulfosugar sulfoquinovose (SQ) is produced by essentially all photosynthetic organisms on Earth and is metabolized by bacteria..

A Sulfoglycolytic Entner-Doudoroff Pathway in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii SRDI565

Jinling Li, Ruwan Epa, Nichollas E Scott, Dominik Skoneczny, Mahima Sharma, Alexander JD Snow, James P Lingford, Ethan D Goddard-Borger, Gideon J Davies, Malcolm J McConville, Spencer J Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Rhizobia are nitrogen-fixing bacteria that engage in symbiotic relationships with plant hosts but can also persist as free-living ..

Dynamic Structural Changes Accompany the Production of Dihydroxypropanesulfonate by Sulfolactaldehyde Reductase

Mahima Sharma, Palika Abayakoon, James P Lingford, Ruwan Epa, Alan John, Yi Jin, Ethan D Goddard-Borger, Gideon J Davies, Spencer J Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  ACS CATALYSIS

2,3-Dihydroxypropanesulfonate (DHPS) is a major sulfur species in the biosphere. One important route for the production of DHPS is..

Dynamic Structural Changes Accompany the Production of 2-Dihydroxypropanesulfonate by Sulfolactaldehyde Reductase

Mahima Sharma, Palika Abayakoon, James P Lingford, Yi Jin, Ruwan Epa, Ethan D Goddard-Borger, Gideon J Davies, Spencer Williams

Journal article  |  2019

2,3-Dihydroxypropanesulfonate (DHPS) is a major sulfur species in the biosphere. One important route for the production of DHPS in..

Comprehensive Synthesis of Substrates, Intermediates, and Products of the Sulfoglycolytic Embden-Meyerhoff-Parnas Pathway

Palika Abayakoon, Ruwan Epa, Marija Petricevic, Christopher Bengt, Janice W-Y Mui, Phillip L van der Peet, Yunyang Zhang, James P Lingford, Jonathan M White, Ethan D Goddard-Borger, Spencer J Williams

Journal article  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Sulfoglycolysis is a metabolic pathway dedicated to the catabolism of the sulfosugar sulfoquinovose (SQ) into smaller organosulfur..

Synthesis and Structural Investigation of Some Electron-Rich Nitroaromatics

Jonathan M White, Colin E Skene, John Deadman, Ruwan Epa, Sarah Foenander, Kyle Hamer, Thomas Fellowes, Shea Fern Lim, Sebastian M Marcuccio, Roger F Martin

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY

2,4-Difluoro-, 2,4,6-Trifluoro-, and 2,3,4,6,tetrafluoronitrobenzenes undergo nucleophilic aromatic substitution, once, twice, and..

ChemInform Abstract: Improved Hiyama Cross-Coupling Reactions Using HOMSi®1Reagents: A Novel Appplication of a Palladacycle.

Sebastian M Marcuccio, Ruwan Epa, Maisa Moslmani, Andrew B Hughes

Journal article  |  2012  |  ChemInform

Improved Hiyama cross-coupling reactions using HOMSi®

SM Marcuccio, R Epa, M Moslmani, AB Hughes

Journal article  |  2011  |  Tetrahedron Letters

Various parameters in the Hiyama cross-coupling reaction of HOMSi® reagents with ethyl bromobenzoate were studied. These included ..