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2025

Journal Article

Mapping of endosomal proximity proteomes reveals Retromer as a hub for RAB GTPase regulation

Antón-Plágaro, Carlos, Chen, Kai-en, Guo, Qian, Liu, Meihan, Evans, Ashley J., Lewis, Philip A., Heesom, Kate J., Wilkinson, Kevin A., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2025). Mapping of endosomal proximity proteomes reveals Retromer as a hub for RAB GTPase regulation. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 6990, 1-23. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-61802-1

Mapping of endosomal proximity proteomes reveals Retromer as a hub for RAB GTPase regulation

2025

Journal Article

Identification of a VPS29 isoform with restricted association to Retriever and Retromer accessory proteins through autoinhibition

Daly, James L., Chen, Kai-en, Butkovič, Rebeka, Guo, Qian, Healy, Michael D., Pennink, Eva, Gamble-Strutt, Georgia, Higham, Zara, Moody, Edmund R. R., Lewis, Philip A., Heesom, Kate J., Williams, Tom A., McMillan, Kirsty J., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2025). Identification of a VPS29 isoform with restricted association to Retriever and Retromer accessory proteins through autoinhibition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122 (27) e2501111122, e2501111122-27. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2501111122

Identification of a VPS29 isoform with restricted association to Retriever and Retromer accessory proteins through autoinhibition

2025

Journal Article

Cavin1 binding nanobodies reveal structural flexibility and regulated interactions of the N-terminal coiled-coil domain

Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Wu, Yeping, Rae, James, Hall, Thomas E., Chen, Kai-en, Weeratunga, Saroja, Guo, Qian, Livingstone, Emma, Tham, Wai-Hong, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2025). Cavin1 binding nanobodies reveal structural flexibility and regulated interactions of the N-terminal coiled-coil domain. Journal of Cell Science, 138 (8) 263756. doi: 10.1242/jcs.263756

Cavin1 binding nanobodies reveal structural flexibility and regulated interactions of the N-terminal coiled-coil domain

2025

Journal Article

Molecular basis for the assembly of the Vps5-Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins with Retromer

Chen, Kai-En, Tillu, Vikas A., Gopaldass, Navin, Chowdhury, Sudeshna Roy, Leneva, Natalya, Kovtun, Oleksiy, Ruan, Juanfang, Guo, Qian, Ariotti, Nicholas, Mayer, Andreas and Collins, Brett M. (2025). Molecular basis for the assembly of the Vps5-Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins with Retromer. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 3568, 3568. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-58846-8

Molecular basis for the assembly of the Vps5-Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins with Retromer

2024

Journal Article

Structural basis for coupling of the WASH subunit FAM21 with the endosomal SNX27–Retromer complex

Guo, Qian, Chen, Kai-en, Gimenez-Andres, Manuel, Jellett, Adam P., Gao, Ya, Simonetti, Boris, Liu, Meihan, Danson, Chris M., Heesom, Kate J., Cullen, Peter J. and Collins, Brett M. (2024). Structural basis for coupling of the WASH subunit FAM21 with the endosomal SNX27–Retromer complex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (33) e2405041121, 1-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2405041121

Structural basis for coupling of the WASH subunit FAM21 with the endosomal SNX27–Retromer complex

2023

Other Outputs

Structural characterisation of endosomal trafficking protein sorting nexin 27

Guo, Qian (2023). Structural characterisation of endosomal trafficking protein sorting nexin 27. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/f0f0d72

Structural characterisation of endosomal trafficking protein sorting nexin 27

2023

Conference Publication

Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles

Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Wu, Yeping, Rae, James, Hall, Thomas E., Chen, Kai-En, Weeratunga, Saroja, Guo, Qian, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2023). Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323086825

Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles

2023

Conference Publication

Structural basis for coupling of the WASH subunit Fam21 with the SNX27–retromer endosomal trafficking complex

Guo, Qian, Chen, Kai-En, Simonetti, Boris, Gimenez-Andres, Manuel, Cullen, Peter J. and Collins, Brett M. (2023). Structural basis for coupling of the WASH subunit Fam21 with the SNX27–retromer endosomal trafficking complex. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1107/s2053273323086837

Structural basis for coupling of the WASH subunit Fam21 with the SNX27–retromer endosomal trafficking complex

2023

Conference Publication

Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles

Gao, Ya, Tillu, Vikas A., Wu, Yeping, Rae, James, Hall, Thomas E., Chen, Kai-en, Weeratunga, Saroja, Guo, Qian, Parton, Robert G. and Collins, Brett M. (2023). Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles. XXVI IUCr Congress, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 22-29 August 2023. Hoboken, NJ, United States: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1107/S2053273323086825

Discovery and structural characterization of novel nanobodies targeting the Cavin1 complex essential for forming caveola membrane vesicles

2022

Journal Article

SNX27–Retromer directly binds ESCPE-1 to transfer cargo proteins during endosomal recycling

Simonetti, Boris, Guo, Qian, Giménez-Andrés, Manuel, Chen, Kai-En, Moody, Edmund R. R., Evans, Ashley J., Chandra, Mintu, Danson, Chris M., Williams, Tom A., Collins, Brett M. and Cullen, Peter J. (2022). SNX27–Retromer directly binds ESCPE-1 to transfer cargo proteins during endosomal recycling. PLoS Biology, 20 (4) e3001601, e3001601. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001601

SNX27–Retromer directly binds ESCPE-1 to transfer cargo proteins during endosomal recycling

2021

Journal Article

De novo macrocyclic peptides for inhibiting, stabilizing, and probing the function of the retromer endosomal trafficking complex

Chen, Kai-En, Guo, Qian, Hill, Timothy A., Cui, Yi, Kendall, Amy K., Yang, Zhe, Hall, Ryan J., Healy, Michael D., Sacharz, Joanna, Norwood, Suzanne J., Fonseka, Sachini, Xie, Boyang, Reid, Robert C., Leneva, Natalya, Parton, Robert G., Ghai, Rajesh, Stroud, David A., Fairlie, David P, Suga, Hiroaki, Jackson, Lauren P., Teasdale, Rohan D., Passioura, Toby and Collins, Brett M. (2021). De novo macrocyclic peptides for inhibiting, stabilizing, and probing the function of the retromer endosomal trafficking complex. Science Advances, 7 (49) eabg4007, eabg4007. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4007

De novo macrocyclic peptides for inhibiting, stabilizing, and probing the function of the retromer endosomal trafficking complex

2021

Journal Article

Community-wide experimental evaluation of the PROSS stability-design method

Peleg, Yoav, Vincentelli, Renaud, Collins, Brett M., Chen, Kai-En, Livingstone, Emma K., Weeratunga, Saroja, Leneva, Natalya, Guo, Qian, Remans, Kim, Perez, Kathryn, Bjerga, Gro E K, Larsen, Øivind, Vaněk, Ondřej, Skořepa, Ondřej, Jacquemin, Sophie, Poterszman, Arnaud, Kjær, Svend, Christodoulou, Evangelos, Albeck, Shira, Dym, Orly, Ainbinder, Elena, Unger, Tamar, Schuetz, Anja, Matthes, Susann, Bader, Michael, de Marco, Ario, Storici, Paola, Semrau, Marta S., Stolt-Bergner, Peggy ... Fleishman, Sarel J. (2021). Community-wide experimental evaluation of the PROSS stability-design method. Journal of Molecular Biology, 433 (13) 166964, 166964. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166964

Community-wide experimental evaluation of the PROSS stability-design method