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Jane Atkins
Researcher at University of Leicester
Publications - 6
Citations - 286
Jane Atkins is an academic researcher from University of Leicester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Neuropathy target esterase & Nest (protein structural motif). The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 271 citations.
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Human Neuropathy Target Esterase Catalyzes Hydrolysis of Membrane Lipids
TL;DR: It is reported that NEST, the recombinant esterase domain of NTE, can catalyze hydrolysis of several naturally occurring membrane-associated lipids, and the possibility that NTE and its homologues may be involved in intracellular membrane trafficking is raised.
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Membrane Association of and Critical Residues in the Catalytic Domain of Human Neuropathy Target Esterase
Jane Atkins,Paul Glynn +1 more
TL;DR: This article showed that NEST, a recombinant polypeptide expressed in Escherichia coli, reacts with an ester substrate and covalent inhibitors in a manner very similar to NTE.
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Molecular cloning of neuropathy target esterase (nte)
TL;DR: NTE is cloned and it is shown that it is unrelated to any known serine hydrolases but contains a novel C-terminal domain which is conserved from bacteria to man, and the catalytic serine is located within this domain at the centre of a helical hydrophobic segment of the polypeptide's secondary structure.
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Monomers of the catalytic domain of human neuropathy target esterase are active in the presence of phospholipid.
TL;DR: The pattern of digestion by proteinase K of NEST-phospholipid complexes suggested that NEST might incorporate in a topologically random fashion into nascent liposomes and that the bulk of each NEST molecule might be exposed either to the liposome lumen or the external medium, but these observations are not compatible with structural algorithms predicting that the catalytic serine residue lies at the centre of one of three transmembrane helices in NEST.
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The catalytic domain of human neuropathy target esterase mediates an organophosphate‐sensitive ionic conductance across liposome membranes
TL;DR: It is shown that membrane patches from liposomes containing NEST, a recombinant hydrophobic polypeptide comprising the esterase domain of human NTE, display a transmembrane ionic conductance with both stable and high‐frequency flickering components.