Photoactivation mechanism of a carotenoid-based photoreceptor S Bandara, Z Ren, L Lu, X Zeng, H Shin, KH Zhao, X Yang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (24), 6286-6291, 2017 | 72 | 2017 |
Genomic consequences of domestication of the Siamese fighting fish YM Kwon, N Vranken, C Hoge, MR Lichak, AL Norovich, KX Francis, ... Science advances 8 (10), eabm4950, 2022 | 37 | 2022 |
The human mitochondrial enzyme BCO2 exhibits catalytic activity toward carotenoids and apocarotenoids LD Thomas, S Bandara, VM Parmar, R Srinivasagan, N Khadka, ... Journal of Biological Chemistry 295 (46), 15553-15565, 2020 | 37 | 2020 |
Crystal-on-crystal chips for in situ serial diffraction at room temperature Z Ren, M Ayhan, S Bandara, K Bowatte, I Kumarapperuma, ... Lab on a Chip 18 (15), 2246-2256, 2018 | 33 | 2018 |
Aster proteins mediate carotenoid transport in mammalian cells S Bandara, S Ramkumar, S Imanishi, LD Thomas, OB Sawant, Y Imanishi, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (15), e2200068119, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
The structural and biochemical basis of apocarotenoid processing by β-carotene oxygenase-2 S Bandara, LD Thomas, S Ramkumar, N Khadka, PD Kiser, M Golczak, ... ACS chemical biology 16 (3), 480-490, 2021 | 26 | 2021 |
Structural basis of molecular logic OR in a dual-sensor histidine kinase H Shin, Z Ren, X Zeng, S Bandara, X Yang Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (40), 19973-19982, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |
Crystal structure of a far-red–sensing cyanobacteriochrome reveals an atypical bilin conformation and spectral tuning mechanism S Bandara, NC Rockwell, X Zeng, Z Ren, C Wang, H Shin, SS Martin, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (12), e2025094118, 2021 | 20 | 2021 |
ASTER-B regulates mitochondrial carotenoid transport and homeostasis S Bandara, J Moon, S Ramkumar, J von Lintig Journal of Lipid Research 64 (5), 2023 | 13 | 2023 |
An automated platform for in situ serial crystallography at room temperature Z Ren, C Wang, H Shin, S Bandara, I Kumarapperuma, MY Ren, W Kang, ... IUCrJ 7 (6), 1009-1018, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
Aster la vista: Unraveling the biochemical basis of carotenoid homeostasis in the human retina S Bandara, J von Lintig Bioessays 44 (11), 2200133, 2022 | 9 | 2022 |
Carotenoid modifying enzymes in metazoans AR Moise, S Bandara, J von Lintig Methods in enzymology 674, 405-445, 2022 | 8 | 2022 |
Molecular basis of far-red sensing in cyanobacteriochrome S Bandara, N Rockwell, X Zeng, Z Ren, C Wang, H Shin, SS Martin, ... bioRxiv, 2020.06. 02.130930, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
IUCrJ, 7, 1009–1018.10. 1107 Z Ren, C Wang, H Shin, S Bandara, I Kumarapperuma, MY Ren, W Kang, ... S2052252520011288PMC764278933209315, 2020 | 6 | 2020 |
Bioavailability and provitamin A activity of neurosporaxanthin in mice AP Miller, D Hornero-Méndez, S Bandara, O Parra-Rivero, MC Limón, ... Communications biology 6 (1), 1068, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
Increase in Dynamical Collectivity and Directionality of Orange Carotenoid Protein in the Photo-Protective State Y Deng, CH Luck, TD Romo, AM Grossfield, S Bandara, Z Ren, X Yang, ... Biophysical Journal 114 (3), 522a, 2018 | 3 | 2018 |
The Absorption, Storage, and Transport of Ocular Carotenoids and Retinoids J von Lintig, S Bandera Annual Review of Vision Science 10, 2024 | 1 | 2024 |
Unveiling BCO2 function in macular pigment metabolism: Mitochondrial processing and expression in the primate retina C Shen, S Bandara, SS Imanishi, M Kalra, Y Imanishi, J von Lintig Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids, 159600, 2025 | | 2025 |
Distinct pathways for the absorption and metabolism of β-carotene and zeaxanthin in the mouse intestine S Bandara, A Saadane, T Shen, D Yakovleva, R Banerjee, Y Zhang, ... Journal of Lipid Research, 100758, 2025 | | 2025 |
Vitamin A supply in the eye and establishment of the visual cycle S Bandara, J von Lintig Current topics in developmental biology 161, 319-348, 2025 | | 2025 |