Kai‐En Chen

This study identifies Copine-6 as a protein that links calcium, phosphoinositide, and Rab11 signals to regulate glutamate receptor recycling in neurons.

This study identifies bacterial and archaeal ancestors of eukaryotic COMMD proteins through structural and phylogenetic analysis, showing their origin from a single bacterial gene.

The paper identifies neuronal and astrocytic membrane proteins dependent on Retromer for endosomal recycling, highlighting SNX27-Retromer's role in glutamate transporter trafficking.

The paper determines crystal structures of COMMD family HN domains, revealing a conserved domain swapping mechanism regulated by hinge-loop conformational changes and phosphorylation.

This study identifies Gyp6 as a GAP that regulates Ypt7 activity through Retromer to coordinate endosomal carrier formation in yeast.

The paper develops a method to express and visualize eukaryotic proteins using cell-free systems and cryo-electron tomography, demonstrating its application to study ASC protein filaments and their interaction with ribosomes.

The paper identifies a new VPS29 isoform, VPS29C, which exhibits auto-inhibition limiting its association with Retriever and Retromer accessory proteins, revealing new complexity in Retromer function.

The paper develops nanobodies that bind Cavin1's HR1 domain, revealing structural flexibility and regulated interactions important for caveolae assembly.

This study investigates how Vps5 and Vps17 SNX-BAR proteins assemble with Retromer, revealing a PL motif in Vps5 that binds Vps29 and is essential for membrane tubule association and cargo recycling.