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Overview

Kyeong Kyu Kim is affiliated with Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans multiple disciplines, focusing particularly on molecular biology, infectious diseases, oncology, materials chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Their work includes 119 publications in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with 33 publications spanning medicine. Subfields of emphasis include molecular biology (99 publications), infectious diseases (12), oncology (7), materials chemistry (7), and biomedical engineering (5).

Research topics addressed by Kyeong Kyu Kim encompass:

  • DNA and nucleic acid chemistry
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Enzyme catalysis and immobilization
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • RNA interference and gene delivery
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus

Recent published papers include:

  • "Roles of Two-Component Systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence," 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Neuropathogenesis-on-chips for neurodegenerative diseases," 2024, Nature Communications
  • "Pontin arginine methylation by CARM1 is crucial for epigenetic regulation of autophagy," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 21 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Metastasis by Acting as a Fra-1 Deubiquitinase," 2020, Cancers
  • "Proline Hinged Amphipathic α-Helical Peptide Sensitizes Gram-Negative Bacteria to Various Gram-Positive Antibiotics," 2020, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Kyeong Kyu Kim frequently publishes in several scholarly venues, including:

  • Crystals (6 publications)
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences (5 publications)
  • Nucleic Acids Research (5 publications)
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (3 publications)

The scientist has collaborated prominently with peers such as:

  • Wanki Yoo (15 co-authored works)
  • Akhilesh Kumar Chaurasia (8)
  • Sangeun Jeon (8)
  • Jun Hyuck Lee (8)
  • Shrute Kannappan (7)

In addition to journal articles, Kyeong Kyu Kim has contributed to book publications, including one titled "Z-DNA" published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Four-helical-bundle structure of the cytoplasmic domain of a serine chemotaxis receptor

    Kyeong Kyu Kim;Kyeong Kyu Kim;Hisao Yokota;Sung-Hou Kim;Sung-Hou Kim

  • Structure-based assignment of the biochemical function of a hypothetical protein: a test case of structural genomics

    Thomas I. Zarembinski;Li-Wei Hung;Hans-Joachim Mueller-Dieckmann;Kyeong-Kyu Kim

  • Crystal Structure of a Junction Between B-DNA and Z-DNA Reveals Two Extruded Bases

    Sung Chul Ha;Ky Lowenhaupt;Alexander Rich;Yang-Gyun Kim

  • Osmotin Is a Homolog of Mammalian Adiponectin and Controls Apoptosis in Yeast through a Homolog of Mammalian Adiponectin Receptor

    Meena L. Narasimhan;María A. Coca;Jingbo Jin;Toshimasa Yamauchi

  • EZH2 Generates a Methyl Degron that Is Recognized by the DCAF1/DDB1/CUL4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Complex

    Ji Min Lee;Jason S. Lee;Hyunkyung Kim;Kyeongkyu Kim

  • Structure and function of HtrA family proteins, the key players in protein quality control.

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  • RORα Attenuates Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling by PKCα-Dependent Phosphorylation in Colon Cancer

    Ji Min Lee;Ik Soo Kim;Hyunkyung Kim;Jason S. Lee

  • Crystal structure of a fibrillarin homologue from Methanococcus jannaschii, a hyperthermophile, at 1.6 Å resolution

    Hongming Wang;David Boisvert;Kyeong Kyu Kim;Kyeong Kyu Kim;Rosalind Kim

  • Dynamic and clustering model of bacterial chemotaxis receptors: Structural basis for signaling and high sensitivity

    Sung-Hou Kim;Weiru Wang;Kyeong Kyu Kim

  • Crystal Structure of ClpX Molecular Chaperone from Helicobacter pylori

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  • Crystal structure of visfatin/pre-B cell colony-enhancing factor 1/nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase, free and in complex with the anti-cancer agent FK-866.

    Mun-Kyoung Kim;Jun Hyuck Lee;Hun Kim;Soo Jeong Park

  • Crystal structures of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A from Methanococcus jannaschii at 1.8 Å resolution

    Kyeong Kyu Kim;Li-Wei Hung;Hisao Yokota;Rosalind Kim

  • Evidence That Vaccinia Virulence Factor E3L Binds to Z-DNA in Vivo: Implications for Development of a Therapy for Poxvirus Infection

    Yang-Gyun Kim;Ky Lowenhaupt;Doo-Byoung Oh;Kyeong Kyu Kim

  • A poxvirus protein forms a complex with left-handed Z-DNA: Crystal structure of a Yatapoxvirus Zα bound to DNA

    Sung Chul Ha;Neratur K. Lokanath;Dong Van Quyen;Chun Ai Wu

  • The crystal structure of the second Z-DNA binding domain of human DAI (ZBP1) in complex with Z-DNA reveals an unusual binding mode to Z-DNA.

    Sung Chul Ha;Doyoun Kim;Hye-Yeon Hwang;Alexander Rich

  • Crystal structure of osmotin, a plant antifungal protein

    Kyeongsik Min;Sung Chul Ha;Paul M. Hasegawa;Ray A. Bressan

  • Crystal structure of the ribosome recycling factor from Escherichia coli.

    Kyeong Kyu Kim;Kyeongsik Min;Se Won Suh

  • Three-dimensional structure of human cyclin H, a positive regulator of the CDK-activating kinase.

    Kyeong Kyu Kim;Holly M. Chamberlin;David O. Morgan;Sung-Hou Kim

  • Intrinsic Z-DNA is stabilized by the conformational selection mechanism of Z-DNA-binding proteins.

    Unknown

  • Structure-based development of a receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL) inhibitor peptide and molecular basis for osteopetrosis

    Hai Minh Ta;Giang Thi Tuyet Nguyen;Hye Mi Jin;Jongkeun Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Se Won Suh
Se Won Suh Seoul National University
Sung-Hou Kim
Sung-Hou Kim University of California, Berkeley
Sung Hee Baek
Sung Hee Baek Seoul National University
Hiroshi Sugiyama
Hiroshi Sugiyama Kyoto University
Dae-Jin Yun
Dae-Jin Yun Konkuk University
Senyon Choe
Senyon Choe Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Daehee Hwang
Daehee Hwang Seoul National University
Yoon Kyung Jeon
Yoon Kyung Jeon Seoul National University Hospital
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette

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