1. Hwang, S.-Y., Woo, J.-M., Choi, G. E., Oh, D.-K., Seo, J.-H. and Park, J.-B. (2024). Biological reaction engineering for the preparation of C9 chemicals from oleic acid: 9-aminononanoic acid, 1,9-nonanediol, 9-amino-1-nonanol, and 1,9-diaminononane. ACS Catal 14(6):4130-4138. Joo-Hyun Seo and Jin-Byung Park are equally contributed corresponding authors.
  2. Kim, J. Y., Park, G.-G., Kim, E.-J., Park, B. S., Lee, J., Song, H., Park, B. G., Kazlauskas, R., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2023). Identifying key residues in lysine decarboxylase for soluble expression using consensus design soluble mutant screening (ConsenSing). ACS Synth Biol 12(5):1474-1486. Joo-Hyun Seo and Byung-Gee Kim are equally contributed corresponding authors.
  3. Shin, J. and Seo, J.-H. (2023). Directed evolution of lipase to have enhanced activity toward short chain fatty acids and elucidation of structural features of mutant. KSBB J 38(1):21-27.
  4. Choi, J., Kim, E.-M., Ko, B. J., Lee, U.-J., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2022). Production of theasinensin A using laccase as antioxidant and antiaging agent. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng 27(2):253-261. Joo-Hyun Seo and Byung-Gee Kim are equally contributed corresponding authors.
  5. Park, H., Seo, S. I., Lim, J.-H., Song, J., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, P. I. (2022). Screening of carbofuran-degrading bacteria Chryseobacterium sp. BSC2-3 and unveiling the change in metabolome during carbofuran degradation. Metabolites 12(3):219. Seo and Kim are equally contributed corresponding authors.
  6. Song, J.-W., Seo, J.-H., Oh. D.-K., Bornscheuer, U. T. and Park, J.-B. (2020). Design and engineering of whole-cell biocatalytic cascades for the valorization of fatty acids. Catal Sci Technol 10(1):46-64. Song and Seo are equally contributed first authors.
  7. Choi, Y. H., Park, B. S., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2019). Biosynthesis of the human milk oligosaccharides 3-fucosyllactose in metabolically engineered Escherichia coli via the salvage pathway through increasing GTP synthesis and β-galactosidase modification. Biotechnol Bioeng, 116(12):3324-3332. Seo and Kim contributed equally as corresponding authors.
  8. Jeon, J.-M., Choi, T.-R., Lee, B.-R., Seo, J.-H., Jung, H.-R., Yang, S.-Y., Park, J.-Y., Kim, E.-J., Kim, B.-G. and Yang, Y.-H. (2019). Decreased growth and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) by deletion of a highly conserved DeoR family regulator, SCO1463. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng, 24(4):613-621.
  9. Upadhyay, R., Kim, J. Y., Hong, E. Y., Lee, S.-G., Seo, J.-H., Kim, B.-G. (2019). RiSLnet: rapid identification of smart mutant libraries using protein structure network. Application to thermal stability enhancement. Biotechnol Bioeng, 116(2):250-259. Joo-Hyun Seo and Byung-Gee Kim contributed equally as corresponding authors.
  10. Kim, J. Y., Yoo, H.-W., Lee, P.-G., Lee, S.-G., Seo, J.-H., Kim, B.-G. (2019). In vitro protein evolution, next generation protein engineering strategy: from random approach to target-specific approach. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng, 24(1):85-94. This article won 'The 2022 BBE Best Article Award'.
  11. Seo, J.-H., Min, W.-K., Lee, J.-H., Lee, S.-M., Lee, C.-G., Park, J.-B. (2018). Whole-cell biotransformation of Chlorella oil hydrolysates into medium chain fatty acids. J Mar Biosci Biotechnol, 10(2):44-52. Seo and Min contributed equally as first authors.
  12. Woo, J.-M., Jeon, E.-Y., Seo, E.-J., Seo, J.-H., Lee, D.-Y., Yeon, Y. J. and Park, J.-B. (2018). Improving catalytic activity of the Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase-based Escherichia coli biocatalysts for the overproduction of (Z)-11-(heptanoyloxy)undec-9-enoic acid from ricinoleic acid. Sci Rep 8:10280.
  13. Seo, J.-H., Min, W.-K., Lee, S.-G., Yun, H. and Kim, B.-G. (2018). To the final goal: can we predict and suggest mutations for protein to develop desired phenotype?. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng, 23(2):134-143. Seo and Min contributed equally as first authors.
  14. Kim, K.-M., Park, J.-S., Choi, H., Kim, M., Seo, J.-H., Pandey, R. P., Kim, J. W., Hyun, C.-G. and Kim, S.-Y. (2018). Biosynthesis of novel daidzein derivatives using Bacillus amyloliquefaciens whole cells. Biocatal Biotransformation, 36(6):469-475.
  15. Darsandhari, S., Dhakal, D., Shrestha, B., Parajuli, P., Seo, J.-H., Kim, T.-S. and Sohng, J. K. (2018). Characterization of regioselective flavonoid O-methyltransferase from the Streptomyces sp. KCTC 0041BP. Enzyme Microb Technol, 113:29-36.
  16. Choi, H., Park, J.-S., Kim, K.-M., Kim, M., Ko, K.-W., Hyun, C.-G., Ahn, J. W., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, S.-Y. (2018). Enhancing the antimicrobial effect of genistein by biotransformation in microbial system. J Ind Eng Chem, 63:255-261. J.-H. Seo and S.-Y. Kim contributed equally as corresponding authors.
  17. Kim, E.-M., Park, J. H., Kim, B.-G. and Seo, J.-H. (2018). Identification of (R)-selective ω-aminotransferases by exploring evolutionary sequence space. Enzyme Microb Technol, 110:46-52.
  18. Seo, E.-J., Yeon, Y. J., Seo, J.-H., Lee, J.-H., Boñgol, J. P., Oh, Y., Park, J. M., Lim, S.-M., Lee, C.-G., Park, J.-B. (2018). Enzyme/whole-cell biotransformation of plant oils, yeast derived oils, and microalgae fatty acid methyl esters into n-nonanoic acid, 9-hydroxynonanoic acid, and 1,9-nonanedioic acid. Bioresour Technol, 251:288-294.
  19. Shin, S., Jo, J., Jung, H., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, J. W. (2017). Optimization of alkail extraction for production of protein concentrates from lipid extracted algae. KSBB J, 32(4):286-292.
  20. Nadarajan, S. P., Deepankumar, K., Seo, J.-H. and Yun, H. (2017). Evaluating the role of puckering and fluorine atom in stability and folding of fluoroproline containing proteins. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng, 22(5):504-511.
  21. Seo, J.-H., Baek, S.-W., Lee, J. and Park, J.-B. (2017). Engineering Escherichia coli BL21 genome to improve the heptanoic acid tolerance by using CRISPR-Cas9 system. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng, 22(3):231-238. This article won 'The 2020 BBE Best Article Award'.
  22. Jeon, E.-Y., Seo, J.-H., Kang, W.-R., Kim, M.-J., Lee, J.-H., Oh, D.-K. and Park. J.-B. (2016). Simultaneous enzyme/whole-cell biotransformation of plant oils into C9 carboxylic acids. ACS Catal, 6(11):7547-7553. Jeon, Seo, and Kang contributed equally as first authors.
  23. Koppireddi, S., Seo, J.-H., Chowdhury, P. S., Jang, H.-Y., Park, J.-B. and Kwon, Y.-U. (2016). Combined biocatalytic and chemical transformations of oleic acid to ω-hydroxynonanoic acid and α,ω-nonanedioic acid. Adv Synth Catal, 358(19):3084-3092. Koppireddi and Seo contributed equally as first authors.
  24. Seo, J.-H., Kim, H.-H., Jeon, E.-Y., Song, Y.-H., Shin, C.-S. and Park, J.-B. (2016). Engineering of Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenase-based Escherichia coli biocatalyst for large scale biotransformation of ricinoleic acid into (Z)-11-(heptanoyloxy)undec-9-enoic acid. Sci Rep, 6:28223.
  25. Seo, J.-H., Kim, E.-M., Chae, A. and Kim, B.-G. (2016). Lysine ε-aminotransferases: kinetic constants, substrate specificities, and the variation in active site residues. Enzyme Microb Technol, 84:11-16.
  26. Seo, J.-H., Lee, S.-M., Lee, J. and Park, J.-B. (2015). Adding value to plant oils and fatty acids: biological transformation of fatty acids into ω-hydroxycarboxylic, α,ω-dicarboxylic, and ω-aminocarboxylic acids. J Biotechnol, 216:158-166.
  27. Jung, S.-M., Seo, J.-H., Lee, J.-H., Park, J.-B. and Seo, J.-H. (2015). Fatty acid hydration activity of a recombinant Escherichia coli-based biocatalyst is improved through targeting the oleate hydratase into the periplasm. Biotechnol J, 10(12):1887-1893. Jung and Seo contributed equally as first authors.
  28. Kim, E.-M., Seo, J.-H., Baek, K. and Kim, B.-G. (2015). Characterization of two-step deglycosylation via oxidation by glycoside oxidoreductase and defining their subfamily. Sci Rep, 5:10877.
  29. Seo, J.-H., Park, J., Kim, E.-M., Kim, J., Joo, K., Lee, J. and Kim, B.-G. (2014). Subgrouping Automata: Automatic sequence subgrouping using phylogenetic tree-based optimum subgrouping algorithm. Comput Biol Chem, 48:64-70.
  30. Kim, E.-M., Seo, J.-H., Kim, J., Park, J.-S., Kim, D.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2013). Production of ginsenoside aglycons and Rb1 deglycosylation pathway profiling by HPLC and ESI-MS/MS using Sphingobacterium multivorum GIN723. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 97(18):8031-8039.
  31. Seo, J.-H., Hong, J. S.-J., Kim, D., Huang, T.-W., Tsai, S.-F., Palsson, B. Ø. and Charusanti, P. (2012). Multiple-omic data analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578 reveals its transcriptional architecture and details in regulatory features. BMC Genomics, 13:679. Seo and Hong contributed equally as first authors. This paper is designated as “Highly Accessed” paper by the journal.
  32. Kim, D., Hong, J. S.-J., Qiu, Y., Nagarajan, H., Seo, J.-H., Cho, B.-K., Tsai, S.-F. and Palsson, B. Ø. (2012). Comparative analysis of regulatory elements between Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae by genome-wide transcription start site profiling. PLoS Genet, 8(8):e1002867.
  33. Seo, J.-H., Hwang, J.-Y., Seo, S.-H. Kang, H., Hwang, B.-Y. and Kim, B.-G. (2012). Computational selection, identification and structural analysis for ω-aminotransferases with various substrate specificities from genome sequence of Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem, 76(7):1308-1314.
  34. Kim, E.-M., Kim, J., Seo, J.-H., Park, J.-S., Kim, D.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2012). Identification and characterization of the Rhizobium sp. strain GIN611 glycoside oxidoreductase resulting in the deglycosylation of ginsenosides. Appl Environ Microbiol, 78(1):242-249.
  35. Seo, J.-H., Kyung, D., Joo, K., Lee, J. and Kim, B.-G. (2011). Necessary and sufficient conditions for the asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines using ω-aminotransferases. Biotechnol Bioeng, 108(2):253-263.
  36. Kwon, Y.-C., Lee, K.-H., Kim, H.-C., Han, K., Seo, J.-H., Kim, B.-G. and Kim, D.-M. (2010). Cloning-independent expression and analysis of ω-transaminases by use of a cell-free protein synthesis system. Appl Environ Microbiol, 76(18):6295-6298.
  37. Noh, J.-M., Kwak, S.-Y., Seo, H.-S., Seo, J.-H., Kim, B.-G. and Lee, Y.-S. (2009). Kojic acid-amino acid conjugates as tyrosinase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett, 19(19):5586-5589.
  38. Seo, J.-H., Lee, G.-S., Kim, J., Cho, B.-K., Joo, K., Lee, J., and Kim, B.-G. (2009). Automatic protein structure prediction system enabling rapid and accurate model building for enzyme screening. Enzyme Microb Technol, 45(3):218-225.
  39. Joo, K., Lee, J., Seo, J.-H., Lee, K., Kim, B.-G. and Lee, J. (2009). All-atom chain-building by optimizing MODELLER energy function using conformational space annealing. Proteins: Struct., Funct., Bioinf., 75(4):1010-1023.
  40. Hwang, J.-Y., Park, J., Seo, J.-H., Cha, M., Cho, B.-K., Kim, J. and Kim, B.-G. (2009). Simultaneous synthesis of 2-phenylethanol and L-homophenylalanine using aromatic transaminase with yeast Ehrlich pathway. Biotechnol Bioeng, 102(5):1323-1329.
  41. Seo, J.-H., Park, H.-Y., Kim, J., Lee, B.-S. and Kim, B.-G. (2008). Exploring sequence space: Profile analysis and protein-ligand docking to screen ω-aminotransferases with expanded substrate specificity. Biotechnol J, 3(5):676-686.
  42. Cho, B.-K., Park, H.-Y., Seo, J.-H., Kim, J., Kang, T.-J., Lee, B.-S. and Kim, B.-G. (2008). Redesigning the substrate specificity of w-aminotransferase for the kinetic resolution of aliphatic chiral amines. Biotechnol Bioeng, 99(2):275-284.
  43. Lee, J.-H., Heo, M.-A., Seo, J.-H., Kim, J.-H., Kim, B.-G. and Lee, S.-G. (2008). Improving the growth rate of Escherichia coli DH5α at low temperature through engineering of GroEL/S chaperone system. Biotechnol Bioeng, 99(3):515-520.
  44. Hwang, B.-Y., Ko, S.-H., Park, H.-Y., Seo, J.-H., Lee, B.-S. and Kim, B.-G. (2008). Identification of ω-aminotransferase from Caulobacter crescentus and site-directed mutagenesis to broaden substrate specificity. J Microbiol Biotechnol, 18(1):48-54.
  45. Joo, K., Lee, J., Lee, S., Seo, J.-H., Lee, S. J. and Lee, J. (2007). High accuracy template based modeling by global optimization. Proteins: Struct., Funct., Bioinf., 69(S8):83-89.
  46. Tress, M., Cheng, J., Baldi, P., Joo, K., Lee, J., Seo, J.-H., Lee, J., Baker, D., Chivian, D., Kim, D. and Ezkurdia, I. (2007). Assessment of predictions submitted for the CASP7 domain prediction category. Proteins: Struct., Funct., Bioinf., 69(S8):137-151.
  47. Kim, J., Kyung, D., Yun, H., Cho, B.-K., Seo, J.-H., Cha, M. and Kim, B.-G. (2007). Cloning and characterization of a novel β-transaminase from Mesorhizobium sp. Strain LUK: A new biocatalyst for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure β-amino acids. Appl Environ Microbiol, 73(6):1772-1782.
  48. Fadnavis, N. W., Seo, S.-H., Seo, J.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2006). Asymmetric synthesis of non-proteinogenic amino acids with L-amino acid transaminase: synthesis of (2S)-2-amino-4-oxo-4-phenylbutyric and (3E, 2S)-2-amino-4-phenylbutenoic acids. Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 17(15):2199-2202.
  49. Cho, B.-K., Seo, J.-H., Kang, T.-J., Kim, J., Park, H.-Y., Lee, B.-S. and Kim, B.-G. (2006). Engineering aromatic L-amino acid transaminase for the asymmetric synthesis of constrained analogs of L-phenylalanine. Biotechnol Bioeng, 94(5):842-850.
  50. Cho, B.-K., Seo, J.-H., Kim, J., Lee, C.-S. and Kim, B.-G. (2006). Asymmetric synthesis of unnatural L-amino acids using thermophilic aromatic L-amino acid transaminase. Biotechnol Bioprocess Eng, 11(4):299-305.
  51. Cho, B.-K., Park, H.-Y., Seo, J.-H., Kinnera, K., Lee, B.-S. and Kim, B.-G. (2004). Enzymatic resolution for the preparation of enantiomerically enriched D-β-heterocyclic alanine derivatives using Escherichia coli aromatic L-amino acid transaminase. Biotechnol Bioeng, 88(4):512-519.
  52. Seo, J.-H., Cha, M., Hwang, B.-Y., Ko, S.-H. and Kim, B.-G. (2004). Understanding and application of protein evolution and structure prediction (review). News & Information for Chemical Engineers, 22(6):670-676.
  53. Cho, B.-K., Seo, J.-H., Kang, T.-W. and Kim, B.-G. (2003). Asymmetric synthesis of L-homophenylalanine by equilibrium-shift using recombinant aromatic L-amino acid transaminase. Biotechnol Bioeng, 83(2):226-234.