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Jae Kyung Sohng

Jae Kyung Sohng

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
9038
World Ranking
15765
National Ranking
187

Overview

Jae Kyung Sohng is affiliated with Sun Moon University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, pharmacology, biotechnology, plant science, and organic chemistry. The scientist's work addresses core topics such as microbial natural products and biosynthesis, genomics and phylogenetic studies, phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, bioactive compounds and antitumor agents, pharmacological effects of natural compounds, and marine sponges and natural products.

They have published research in several prominent journals with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Molecules
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Recent publications by Sohng include:

  • A Review on Structure, Modifications and Structure-Activity Relation of Quercetin and Its Derivatives (2020), Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Genome-enabled discovery of anthraquinone biosynthesis in Senna tora (2020), Nature Communications
  • Recent Advances in Strategies for Activation and Discovery/Characterization of Cryptic Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Streptomyces (2020), Microorganisms
  • Streptomyces sp. VN1, a producer of diverse metabolites including non-natural furan-type anticancer compound (2020), Scientific Reports
  • Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation (2023), Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Collaborative research has been conducted with frequent coauthors including Dipesh Dhakal, Ramesh Prasad Pandey, Tae-Su Kim, Hye Jin Jung, and Hue Thi Nguyen, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing scientific partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Microbial production of natural and non-natural flavonoids: Pathway engineering, directed evolution and systems/synthetic biology.

    Ramesh Prasad Pandey;Prakash Parajuli;Mattheos A.G. Koffas;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Methylation of flavonoids: Chemical structures, bioactivities, progress and perspectives for biotechnological production.

    Niranjan Koirala;Nguyen Huy Thuan;Gopal Prasad Ghimire;Duong Van Thang

  • Marine Rare Actinobacteria: Isolation, Characterization, and Strategies for Harnessing Bioactive Compounds.

    Dipesh Dhakal;Anaya Raj Pokhrel;Biplav Shrestha;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • A Review on Structure, Modifications and Structure-Activity Relation of Quercetin and Its Derivatives.

    Rubin Thapa Magar;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Neocarzinostatin naphthoate synthase: an unique iterative type I PKS from neocarzinostatin producer Streptomyces carzinostaticus.

    Basundhara Sthapit;Tae-Jin Oh;Rajan Lamichhane;Kwangkyoung Liou

  • Production of 3- O -xylosyl quercetin in Escherichia coli

    Ramesh Prasad Pandey;Sailesh Malla;Sailesh Malla;Dinesh Simkhada;Byung-Gee Kim

  • An Insight into the “-Omics” Based Engineering of Streptomycetes for Secondary Metabolite Overproduction

    Amit Kumar Chaudhary;Dipesh Dhakal;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Isolation and characterization of the tobramycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces tenebrarius

    Madan Kumar Kharel;Devi Bahadur Basnet;Hei Chan Lee;Kwangkyoung Liou

  • Apigenin Inhibits Cancer Stem Cell-Like Phenotypes in Human Glioblastoma Cells via Suppression of c-Met Signaling.

    Boram Kim;Narae Jung;Sanghun Lee;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Discovery of parallel pathways of kanamycin biosynthesis allows antibiotic manipulation

    Je Won Park;Je Won Park;Sung Ryeol Park;Keshav Kumar Nepal;Ah Reum Han

  • Enzymatic synthesis of novel phloretin glucosides.

    Ramesh Prasad Pandey;Tai Feng Li;Eun-Hee Kim;Tokutaro Yamaguchi

  • 2-Deoxystreptamine-containing aminoglycoside antibiotics: Recent advances in the characterization and manipulation of their biosynthetic pathways

    Sung Ryeol Park;Je Won Park;Yeon Hee Ban;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Heterologous expression of tylosin polyketide synthase and production of a hybrid bioactive macrolide in Streptomyces venezuelae

    Won Seok Jung;Sang Kil Lee;Jay Sung Joong Hong;Sung Ryeol Park

  • IDENTIFICATION OF STREPTOMYCES VIOLACEORUBER TU22 GENES INVOLVED IN THE BIOSYNTHESIS OF GRANATICIN

    Andreas Bechthold;Jae Kyung Sohng;Todd M. Smith;Xin Chu

  • Improved Squalene Production via Modulation of the Methylerythritol 4-Phosphate Pathway and Heterologous Expression of Genes from Streptomyces peucetius ATCC 27952 in Escherichia coli

    Gopal Prasad Ghimire;Hei Chan Lee;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Inactivation of the carbamoyltransferase gene refines post-polyketide synthase modification steps in the biosynthesis of the antitumor agent geldanamycin.

    Young Soo Hong;Dongho Lee;Woncheol Kim;Jae Kap Jeong

  • Limitations in doxorubicin production from Streptomyces peucetius

    Sailesh Malla;Narayan Prasad Niraula;Bijay Singh;Kwangkyoung Liou

  • Genome analyses of Streptomyces peucetius ATCC 27952 for the identification and comparison of cytochrome P450 complement with other Streptomyces

    Niranjan Parajuli;Devi B. Basnet;Hei Chan Lee;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Enzymatic synthesis of apigenin glucosides by glucosyltransferase (YjiC) from Bacillus licheniformis DSM 13

    Rit Bahadur Gurung;Eun-Hee Kim;Tae-Jin Oh;Jae Kyung Sohng

  • Methylation and subsequent glycosylation of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone.

    Niranjan Koirala;Ramesh Prasad Pandey;Prakash Parajuli;Hye Jin Jung

Frequent Co-Authors

Byung-Gee Kim
Byung-Gee Kim Seoul National University
Yung-Hun Yang
Yung-Hun Yang Konkuk University
Hyo-Jeong Lee
Hyo-Jeong Lee Kyung Hee University
Seung Y. Rhee
Seung Y. Rhee Carnegie Institution for Science
David E. Cane
David E. Cane Brown University
Yeisoo Yu
Yeisoo Yu University of Arizona
Jung-Kul Lee
Jung-Kul Lee Konkuk University
Ho Jeong Kwon
Ho Jeong Kwon Yonsei University
David H. Sherman
David H. Sherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jang Hyuk Kwon
Jang Hyuk Kwon Kyung Hee University

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