Jack Dixon

Education

B.A. - University of California, Los Angeles

Ph.D. - University of California, Santa Barbara

Awards and Academic Honors

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Primary Research Area

• Biochemistry
• BB
• Molecular Biophysics

Interdisciplinary Interests

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Selected Publications

1. A PTEN-like phosphatase with a novel substrate specificity. With D.J. Pagliarini and C.A. Worby. J Biol Chem. (2004) Sep 10; 279 (37): 38590-6.

2. Assaying phosphoinositide phosphatases. With G.S. Taylor. Methods Mol Biol. (2004); 284: 217-27. (2004)

3. Suppression of a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signal by a specific spliced variant of Drosophila PTEN. With T. Maehama, N. Kosaka, F. Okahara, K. Takeuchi, M. Umeda, and Y. Kanaho. FEBS Lett. (2004) May 7;565(1-3):43-7.

4. Protein tyrosine phosphatases in disease processes. Wit E.G. Ninfa. Trends Cell Biol. (1994) Dec; 4 (12) :427-30.

5. The crystal structure of Pseudomonas avirulence protein AvrPphB: a papain-like fold with a distinct substrate-binding site. With M. Zhu, F. Shao, R.W. Innes, and Z. Xu. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (2004) Jan 6; 101 (1): 302-7.

6. Crystal structure of a phosphoinositide phosphatase, MTMR2: insights into myotubular myopathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome. With M.J. Begley, G.S. Taylor, S.A. Kim, D.M. Veine, and J.A.Stuckey. Mol Cell. (2003) Dec;12 (6): 1391-402.

7. Crystal structure of a phosphoinositide phosphatase, MTMR2: insights into myotubular myopathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome. With M.J. Begley, G.S. Taylor, S.A. Kim, D.M. Veine, and J.A.Stuckey. Mol Cell. (2003) Dec;12 (6): 1391-402.

8. PTEN and myotubularins: families of phosphoinositide phosphatases. With G.S. Taylor. Methods Enzymol. (2003); 366: 43-56. (2003)