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Overview

Byung-Gee Kim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biomaterials. The scientist's work spans multiple topics including Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, melanin and skin pigmentation, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Gut microbiota and health, and Enzyme-mediated dye degradation.

Their recent research papers include:

  • Fabrication of polyphenol-incorporated anti-inflammatory hydrogel via high-affinity enzymatic crosslinking for wet tissue adhesion (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Production of Tyrian purple indigoid dye from tryptophan in Escherichia coli (2020, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • Novel enzymatic cross-linking-based hydrogel nanofilm caging system on pancreatic β cell spheroid for long-term blood glucose regulation (2021, Science Advances)
  • Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation (2023, Current Opinion in Biotechnology)
  • Spatial epitranscriptomics reveals A-to-I editome specific to cancer stem cell microniches (2022, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Uk-Jae Lee, Hee-Jin Jeong, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Hyungdon Yun, and Chang-Soo Lee.

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis
  • Advanced Science
  • Green Chemistry

Byung-Gee Kim has also contributed to book publications, including the work titled Systems Biocatalysis for Bioprocess Design published in 2022 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • A novel electrochemical detection method for aptamer biosensors

    Gyeong Sook Bang;Suhyeong Cho;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines with ω‐transaminase

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Liver extracellular matrix providing dual functions of two-dimensional substrate coating and three-dimensional injectable hydrogel platform for liver tissue engineering.

    Jung Seung Lee;Jisoo Shin;Hae Min Park;Yun Gon Kim

  • Synthetic fusion protein design and applications.

    Kai Yu;Chengcheng Liu;Byung-Gee Kim;Dong-Yup Lee;Dong-Yup Lee

  • Exploring the Active Site of Amine:Pyruvate Aminotransferase on the Basis of the Substrate Structure−Reactivity Relationship: How the Enzyme Controls Substrate Specificity and Stereoselectivity

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • The dynamic transcriptional and translational landscape of the model antibiotic producer Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

    Yujin Jeong;Ji-Nu Kim;Min Woo Kim;Giselda Bucca

  • A Novel Sensor Platform Based on Aptamer-Conjugated Polypyrrole Nanotubes for Label-Free Electrochemical Protein Detection

    Hyeonseok Yoon;June-Hyung Kim;Nahum Lee;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Revisit of aminotransferase in the genomic era and its application to biocatalysis

    Bum-Yeol Hwang;Byung-Kwan Cho;Hyungdon Yun;Kinera Koteshwar

  • Kinetic resolution of α-methylbenzylamine with ω-transaminase screened from soil microorganisms : application of a biphasic system to overcome product inhibition

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Comparison of the ω-Transaminases from Different Microorganisms and Application to Production of Chiral Amines

    Jong Shik Shin;Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Kojic acid-amino acid conjugates as tyrosinase inhibitors.

    Jin-Mi Noh;Seon-Yeong Kwak;Hyo-Suk Seo;Joo-Hyun Seo

  • High-level secretory production of intact, biologically active staphylokinase from Bacillus subtilis

    Ruiqiong Ye;June-Hyung Kim;Byung-Gee Kim;Steven Szarka

  • ω-Amino Acid:Pyruvate Transaminase from Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2: a New Catalyst for Kinetic Resolution of β-Amino Acids and Amines

    Hyungdon Yun;Seongyop Lim;Byung-Kwan Cho;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Fabrication of polyphenol-incorporated anti-inflammatory hydrogel via high-affinity enzymatic crosslinking for wet tissue adhesion.

    Su-Hwan Kim;Kyungmin Kim;Beom Seok Kim;Young-Hyeon An

  • Redesigning the substrate specificity of ω‐aminotransferase for the kinetic resolution of aliphatic chiral amines

    Byung-Kwan Cho;Hyung-Yeon Park;Joo-Hyun Seo;Juhan Kim

  • Kinetic resolution of chiral amines with ω‐transaminase using an enzyme‐membrane reactor

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim;Andreas Liese;Christian Wandrey

  • Kinetic modeling of ω‐transamination for enzymatic kinetic resolution of α‐methylbenzylamine

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Covalent immobilization of ω-transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis JS17 on chitosan beads

    Song-Se Yi;Chang-won Lee;Juhan Kim;Dohyun Kyung

  • Tissue adhesive, rapid forming, and sprayable ECM hydrogel via recombinant tyrosinase crosslinking.

    Su-Hwan Kim;Sang-Hyuk Lee;Ju-Eun Lee;Sung Jun Park

  • A relative and absolute quantification of neutral N-linked oligosaccharides using modification with carboxymethyl trimethylammonium hydrazide and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Geun-Cheol Gil;Yun-Gon Kim;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Kinetic resolution of (R,S)-sec-butylamine using omega-transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis JS17 under reduced pressure.

    Hyungdon Yun;Byung-Kwan Cho;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Effects of oleamide on choline acetyltransferase and cognitive activities.

    Ho-Jin Heo;Young-June Park;Young-Min Suh;Soo-Jung Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Chang-Soo Lee
Chang-Soo Lee Chungnam National University
Jae Kyung Sohng
Jae Kyung Sohng Sun Moon University
Yong-Kweon Kim
Yong-Kweon Kim Seoul National University
Byung-Kwan Cho
Byung-Kwan Cho Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dong-Yup Lee
Dong-Yup Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Romas J. Kazlauskas
Romas J. Kazlauskas University of Minnesota
Rolf D. Schmid
Rolf D. Schmid University of Stuttgart
Nathaniel S. Hwang
Nathaniel S. Hwang Seoul National University
Seung Hyun Han
Seung Hyun Han Seoul National University
Pauline M. Rudd
Pauline M. Rudd University College Cork

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