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Overview

Brett M. Collins is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a substantial body of work exploring subfields including cell biology, molecular biology, physiology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and neurology.

The scientist's research topics cover various specialized areas: cellular transport and secretion, Caveolin-1 and cellular processes, lipid membrane structure and behavior, retinal development and disorders, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, and neuroscience and neuropharmacology research.

Their recent publications include:

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection, 2020, Science
  • Structure of the endosomal Commander complex linked to Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome, 2023, Cell
  • Recognising the signals for endosomal trafficking, 2020, Current Opinion in Cell Biology
  • Class IIa Histone Deacetylases Drive Toll-like Receptor-Inducible Glycolysis and Macrophage Inflammatory Responses via Pyruvate Kinase M2, 2020, Cell Reports
  • Community-Wide Experimental Evaluation of the PROSS Stability-Design Method, 2021, Journal of Molecular Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brett M. Collins include:

  • Kai-En Chen
  • Peter J. Cullen
  • Robert G. Parton
  • Vikas A. Tillu
  • Qian Guo

Publication venues where Collins has frequently contributed include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Cell Reports
  • The Journal of Cell Biology

Best Publications

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection.

    James L. Daly;Boris Simonetti;Katja Klein;Kai En Chen

  • Molecular Architecture and Functional Model of the Endocytic AP2 Complex

    Brett M. Collins;Airlie J. McCoy;Helen M. Kent;Philip R. Evans

  • Adaptors for clathrin coats: structure and function.

    David J. Owen;Brett M. Collins;Philip R. Evans

  • Structural and thermodynamic analysis of the GFP:GFP-nanobody complex

    Marta H. Kubala;Oleksiy Kovtun;Kirill Alexandrov;Brett M. Collins

  • A Large-Scale Conformational Change Couples Membrane Recruitment to Cargo Binding in the AP2 Clathrin Adaptor Complex

    Lauren P. Jackson;Bernard T. Kelly;Airlie J. McCoy;Thomas Gaffry

  • Retriever is a multiprotein complex for retromer-independent endosomal cargo recycling

    Kerrie E. McNally;Rebecca Faulkner;Florian Steinberg;Matthew Gallon

  • Insights into the PX (phox-homology) domain and SNX (sorting nexin) protein families: structures, functions and roles in disease

    Rohan D. Teasdale;Brett M. Collins

  • Neuropilin-1 is a host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection

    James L. Daly;Boris Simonetti;Carlos Antón-Plágaro;Maia Kavanagh Williamson

  • The Vps35 D620N mutation linked to Parkinson's disease disrupts the cargo sorting function of retromer.

    Jordan Follett;Suzanne J. Norwood;Nicholas A. Hamilton;Megha Mohan

  • Cavin family proteins and the assembly of caveolae.

    Oleksiy Kovtun;Vikas A. Tillu;Nicholas Ariotti;Robert G. Parton

  • Applications of isothermal titration calorimetry in pure and applied research--survey of the literature from 2010.

    Rajesh Ghai;Robert J. Falconer;Brett M. Collins

  • A unique PDZ domain and arrestin-like fold interaction reveals mechanistic details of endocytic recycling by SNX27-retromer

    Matthew Gallon;Thomas Clairfeuille;Florian Steinberg;Caroline Mas

  • Structure of the membrane-assembled retromer coat determined by cryo-electron tomography

    Oleksiy Kovtun;Natalya Leneva;Natalya Leneva;Yury S Bykov;Nicholas Ariotti;Nicholas Ariotti

  • Molecular Switches Involving the AP-2 β2 Appendage Regulate Endocytic Cargo Selection and Clathrin Coat Assembly

    Melissa A. Edeling;Sanjay K. Mishra;Peter A. Keyel;Amie L. Steinhauser

  • Vps29 has a phosphoesterase fold that acts as a protein interaction scaffold for retromer assembly

    Brett M Collins;Claire F Skinner;Peter J Watson;Matthew N J Seaman

  • Towards a molecular understanding of endosomal trafficking by Retromer and Retriever

    Kai‐En Chen;Michael D. Healy;Brett M. Collins

  • A molecular code for endosomal recycling of phosphorylated cargos by the SNX27-retromer complex

    Thomas Clairfeuille;Caroline Mas;Audrey S M Chan;Zhe Yang

  • Structural basis for endosomal trafficking of diverse transmembrane cargos by PX-FERM proteins

    Rajesh Ghai;Andrea Bugarcic;Huadong Liu;Suzanne J. Norwood

  • Structure-Based Reassessment of the Caveolin Signaling Model: Do Caveolae Regulate Signaling through Caveolin-Protein Interactions?

    Brett M. Collins;Melissa J. Davis;John F. Hancock;Robert G. Parton

  • Single-molecule analysis reveals self assembly and nanoscale segregation of two distinct cavin subcomplexes on caveolae

    Yann Gambin;Nicholas Ariotti;Kerrie Ann McMahon;Michele Bastiani

Frequent Co-Authors

Rohan D. Teasdale
Rohan D. Teasdale University of Queensland
Robert G. Parton
Robert G. Parton University of Queensland
Jennifer L. Martin
Jennifer L. Martin University of Wollongong
Kirill Alexandrov
Kirill Alexandrov Queensland University of Technology
Frederic A. Meunier
Frederic A. Meunier University of Queensland
Peter J. Cullen
Peter J. Cullen University of Bristol
Paul M. G. Curmi
Paul M. G. Curmi University of New South Wales
Jennifer L. Stow
Jennifer L. Stow University of Queensland
Isabel Mérida
Isabel Mérida Spanish National Research Council
John F. Hancock
John F. Hancock The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

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