2024 - Eun Ju Yun, Sun-Hee Lee, Subin Kim, Hae Seul Ryu & Kyoung Heon Kim*

Catabolism of 2-keto-3-deoxy-galactonate and the production of its enantiomers

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology in press (IF=5.560)

2024 - Na Ree Han, Sora Yu, Jung A Byun, Eun Ju Yun, Seongwon Cheon, Seongbong Song, Sangmin Shim, In-Geol Choi, Sung-Ho Lee*, Kyoung Heon Kim*

Evolution-aided improvement of the acid tolerance of Levilactobacillus brevis and its application in sourdough fermentation

Food Research International (IF=8.960)

2023 - Sun-Hee Lee‡, Tae-Joong Lim (co-first author)‡, Eun Ju Yun (co-first author)‡, Kyoung Heon Kim*, Sanghyun Lim*

Anti-menopausal effect of soybean germ extract and Lactobacillus gasseri in the ovariectomized rat model

Nutrients in press (IF=5.900)

2023 - Eun Ju Yun, Sora Yu, Dong Hyun Kim, Na Jung Park, Jing-Jing Liu, Yong-Su Jin*, Kyoung Heon Kim*

Identification of the enantiomeric nature of 2-keto-3-deoxy-galactonate in the catabolic pathway of 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology in press (IF=5.560)

2023 - Young Seo Jang‡, Jungwoo Yang (co-first author)‡, Jae Kyun Kim, Tae In Kim, Yong-Cheol Park, In Jung Kim*, Kyoung Heon Kim*

Adaptive laboratory evolution and transcriptomics-guided engineering of Escherichia coli for increased isobutanol tolerance

Biotechnology Journal in press (IF=4.700)

2023 - Young Yun Jo, Soyoung Park, Gyeongtaek Gong, Soonjong Roh, Jin Yoo, Jung Ho Ahn, Sun-Mi Lee, Youngsoon Um, Kyoung Heon Kim, Ja Kyong Ko*

Enhanced production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) with modulated 3-hydroxyvalerate fraction by overexpressing acetolactate synthase in Cupriavidus necator H16

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 242:125166 (IF=8.200)

2023 - Sun-Hee Lee‡, Eun Ju Yun‡, Na Ree Han, Inho Jung, Jeffrey G. Pelton, Jae-Eun Lee, Nam Joo Kang*, Yong-Su Jin*, Kyoung Heon Kim*

Production of ethyl-agarobioside, a novel skin moisturizer, by mimicking the alcoholysis from the Japanese sake-brewing process

Marine Drugs

2022 - Soyoung Kim, Yong Jae Jang, Gyeongtaek Gong, Sun-Mi Lee, Youngsoon Um, Kyoung Heon Kim, Ja Kyong Ko*

Engineering Cupriavidus necator H16 for enhanced lithoautotrophic poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production from CO2

Microbial Cell Factories 21:231

2022 - Dong Hyun Kim‡, So Young Park (co-first author) ‡, Kyoung Heon Kim*

Optimal β-galactosidases for producing high-titer 3,6-anhydro-L-galactose from red-algal agarobiose

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology