PUBLICATIONS
* first authors # corresponding authors
Selected Publications
Kim L.*, Lee B.-G.*, Kim M., Kim. M.K., Kwon D.H., Kim H.M., Rho S.-H.#, Song H.K.#
Structural insights into ClpP protease side exit pore-opening by a pH drop coupled with substrate hydrolysis.
EMBO J. (2022) 41, e109755. (IF=14.1)
Lee B.-G.*, Rhodes J.*, Löwe J.#
Clamping of DNA shuts the condensin neck gate.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (2022) 119, e21200006119. (IF=12.7)
Collier J.E.*, Lee B.-G.*, Roig M.B., Yatskevich S., Petela N.J., Metson J., Voulgaris M., Gonzalez Llamazares A., Löwe J.#, Nasmyth K.A.#
Transport of DNA within cohesin involves clamping on top of engaged heads by Scc2 and entrapment within the ring by Scc3.
eLife (2020) 9, e59560. (IF=8.7)
Lee B.-G.*, Merkel F.*, Allegretti M., Hassler M., Cawood C., Lecomte L., O'Reilly F.J., Sinn L.R., Gutierrez-Escribano P., Kschonsak M., Bravo S., Nakane T., Rappsilber J., Aragon L.#, Beck M.#, Löwe J.#, Haering C.H.#
Cryo-EM structures of holo condensin reveal a subunit flip-flop mechanism.
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. (2020) 27, 743-751. (IF=18.3)
Lee B.-G.*, Roig M.B., Jansma M., Petela N., Metson J., Nasmyth K.A., Löwe J.#
Crystal structure of the cohesin gatekeeper Pds5 and in complex with Kleisin Scc1.
Cell Rep. (2016) 14, 2108-2115. (IF=9.9)
Lee B.-G.*, Park E.Y., Lee K.-E., Jeon H., Sung K.H., Paulsen H., Rubsamen-Schaeff H., Brötz-Oesterhelt H., Song H.K.#
Structures of ClpP in complex with acyldepsipeptide antibiotics reveal its activation mechanism.
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. (2010) 17, 371-378. (IF=18.3)
(IF = 2021-2022 journal impact factor)
Full Publications
peer-reviewed papers
[2021-present]
Nasmyth K.A.*#, Lee B.-G., Roig M.B., Löwe J. (2023) What Alphafold tells us about cohesin’s retention on and release from chromosomes. eLife 12:RP88656
Kim L.*, Lee B.-G.*, Kim M., Kim. M.K., Kwon D.H., Kim H.M., Rho S.-H.#, Song H.K#. (2022) Structural insights into ClpP protease side exit pore-opening by a pH drop coupled with substrate hydrolysis. EMBO J. 41: e109755.
Lee B.-G.*, Rhodes J.*, Löwe J.# (2022) Clamping of DNA shuts the condensin neck gate. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119: e21200006119.
Petela N.J.*, Gonzalez Llamazares A.*, Dixon S., Hu B., Lee B.-G., Metson J., Seo H., Ferrer-Harding A., Voulgaris M., Gligoris T., Collier J.E., Oh B.H., Löwe J.#, Nasmyth K.A.# (2021) Folding of cohesin's coiled coil is important for Scc2/4-induced association with chromosomes. eLife 10:e67268.
[2016-2020]
Collier J.E.*, Lee B.-G.*, Roig M.B., Yatskevich S., Petela N.J., Metson J., Voulgaris M., Gonzalez Llamazares A., Löwe J.#, Nasmyth K.A.# (2020) Transport of DNA within cohesin involves clamping on top of engaged heads by Scc2 and entrapment within the ring by Scc3. eLife 9: e59560.
Lee B.-G.*, Merkel F.*, Allegretti M., Hassler M., Cawood C., Lecomte L., O'Reilly F.J., Sinn L.R., Gutierrez-Escribano P., Kschonsak M., Bravo S., Nakane T., Rappsilber J., Aragon L.#, Beck M.#, Löwe J.#, Haering C.H.# (2020) Cryo-EM structures of holo condensin reveal a subunit flip-flop mechanism. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 27:743-751.
Bürmann F.*, Lee B.-G., Than T., Sinn L., O'Reilly F.J., Yatskevich S., Rappsilber J., Hu B., Nasmyth K.A., Löwe J.# (2019) A folded conformation of MukBEF and cohesin. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 26:227-236.
Petela N.J.*, Gligoris T.G.*, Metson J., Lee B.-G., Voulgaris M., Hu B., Kikuchi S., Chapard C., Chen W., Rajendra E., Srinivisan M., Yu H., Löwe J., Nasmyth K.A.# (2018) Scc2 is a potent activator of cohesin's ATPase that promotes loading by binding Scc1 without Pds5. Mol. Cell 70: 1134-1148.e7.
Kim M.K.*, Oh S.J., Lee B.-G., Song H.K.# Structural basis for dual specificity of yeast N-terminal amidase in the N-end rule pathway. (2016) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 113:12438-12443.
Lee B.-G.*, Roig M.B., Jansma M., Petela N., Metson J., Nasmyth K.A., Löwe J.# (2016) Crystal structure of the cohesin gatekeeper Pds5 and in complex with Kleisin Scc1. Cell Rep. 14:2108-2115.
[2006-2015]
Choe J.*, Kim K.M.*, Park S., Lee Y.K., Song O.K., Kim M.K., Lee B.-G., Song H.K., Kim Y.K.# (2013) Rapid degradation of replication-dependent histone mRNAs largely occurs on mRNAs bound by nuclear cap-binding proteins 80 and 20. Nucleic Acids Res. 41:1307-18.
Lee B.-G.*, Kim M.K., Kim B.-W., Suh S.W., Song H.K.# (2012) Structures of the ribosome-inactivating protein from barley seeds reveal a unique activation mechanism. Acta Crystallogr. D 68:1488-500.
Lee B.-G.*, Kim M.K., Song H.K.# (2011) Structural insights into the conformational diversity of ClpP from Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Cells 32:589-95.
Lee B.-G.*, Park E.Y., Lee K.-E., Jeon H., Sung K.H., Paulsen H., Rubsamen-Schaeff H., Brötz-Oesterhelt H., Song H.K.# (2010) Structures of ClpP in complex with acyldepsipeptide antibiotics reveal its activation mechanism. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 17:371-378.
Choi H.W.*, Lee B.-G., Kim N.H., Park Y., Lim C.W., Song H.K., Hwang B.K.# (2008) A role for a menthone reductase in resistance against microbial pathogens in plants. Plant Physiol. 148:383-401.
Lee H.H.*, Kim Y.S., Kim K.H., Heo I., Kim S.K., Kim O., Kim H.K., Yoon J.Y., Kim H.S., Kim D.J., Lee S.J., Yoon H.J., Kim S.J., Lee B.-G., Song H.K., Kim V.N., Park C.M., Suh S.W.# (2007) Structural and functional insights into dom34, a key component of no-go mRNA decay. Mol. Cell 27:938-950.
Park E.Y.*, Lee B.-G., Hong S.-B., Kim H.-W., Jeon H., Song H.K.# (2007) Structural basis of SspB-tail recognition by the zinc binding domain of ClpX. J. Mol. Biol. 367:514-526.