SCIE Journal Publications

2025--------------------------------------

• Nawade, B., Shim, S.-H., Chu, S.-H., Zhao, W., Lee, S.-K., Somsri, A., Maung, T.Z., Kang, K.K., Kim, J.Y., Lee, C.-Y., Kim, M.-S., Baik, M.-Y., Jeon, J.-S., Park, Y.-J., 2025. Integrative transcriptogenomic analyses reveal the regulatory network underlying rice eating and cooking quality and identify a role for alpha-globulin in modulating starch and sucrose metabolism. Plant Communications 6, 101287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101287

• Yoo, J.Y., Choi, H.N., Ko, K.S., Fanata, W.I.D., Harmoko, R., Kim, S.H., Hong, J.C., Lee, S.-K., Chung, W.S., Lee, K.O., 2025. IRE1 coordinates UPR and ERAD pathways to maintain protein homeostasis under ER stress in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 228, 110321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2025.110321

2024--------------------------------------

• Lee, S.-K*., Shim, S.-H., Eom, J.-S., Cho, J.-I., Kwak, J.-U., Eom, S.-C., Jeon, J.-S., 2024. Cell Wall Invertases from Maternal Tissues Modulate Sucrose Flux in Apoplastic Pathways During Rice Anther and Seed Development. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(21), 11557; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111557  

• Yoo, J.Y., Ko, K.S., Vu, B.N., Lee, Y.E., Choi, H.N., Lee, Y.N., Fanata, W.I.D., Harmoko, R., Lee, S.-K., Chung, W.S., Hong, J.C., Lee, K.O., 2024. IRE1 is implicated in protein synthesis regulation under ER stress conditions in plants. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 215, 108963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108963

2023--------------------------------------

• Kang, J.-W., Lee, S.-K*., Shim, S.-H., Shin, D., Cho, J.-H., Lee, J.-Y., Ko, J., Ji, H., Park, H.-M., Ahn, E.-K., Lee, J.-H., Jeon, J.-S., 2023. Dry-milled flour rice ‘Seolgaeng’ harbors a mutated fructose-6-phosphate 2-kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase2. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14, 1231914. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1231914

• Lee, J., Shin, S.Y., Lee, S.K., Park, K., Gill, H., and Hyun, Y. (2023) Contribution of RdDM to the ecotype ‑ specific differential methylation on conserved as well as highly variable regions between Arabidopsis ecotypes. BMC Genomics, 1–18. doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09128-4

2022--------------------------------------

• Lee, S.-K*.; Lee, J.; Jo, M.; Jeon, J. (2022). Exploration of Sugar and Starch Metabolic Pathway Crucial for Pollen Fertility in Rice. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 23: 14091. doi:10.3390/ijms232214091

• David, L.C., Lee, S.-K*, Bruderer, E., Abt, M.R., Fischer-Stettler, M., Tschopp, M.A., Solhaug, E.M., Sanchez, K., and Zeeman, S.C. (2022). BETA-AMYLASE9 is a plastidial nonenzymatic regulator of leaf starch degradation. Plant Physiol. 188: 191–207. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab468 

• Shim, S.H., Mahong, B., Lee, S.K*., Kongdin, M., Lee, C., Kim, Y.J., Qu, G., Zhang, D., Ketudat Cairns, J.R., and Jeon, J.S. (2022). Rice β-glucosidase Os12BGlu38 is required for synthesis of intine cell wall and pollen fertility. Journal of Experimental Botany. 73: 784–800. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erab439

2021--------------------------------------

• Kongdin, M., Mahong, B., Lee, S.-K., Shim, S.-H., Jeon, J.-S., & Ketudat Cairns, J. R. (2021). Action of Multiple Rice β-Glucosidases on Abscisic Acid Glucose Ester. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(14), 7593. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22147593

2020--------------------------------------

• Shim, S., Lee, S.-K*., Lee, D.-W., Brilhaus, D., Wu, G., Ko, S., Lee, C., Weber, A. P. M., & Jeon, J. (2020). Loss of Function of Rice Plastidic Glycolate/Glycerate Translocator 1 Impairs Photorespiration and Plant Growth. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10(January), 1726. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01726

• Lee, S.-K*., & Jeon, J. (2020). Crucial role of inorganic pyrophosphate in integrating carbon metabolism from sucrose breakdown to starch synthesis in rice endosperm. Plant Science, 298(June), 110572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110572

2019--------------------------------------

• Schreier, T. B., Umhang, M., Lee, S.-K., Lue, W.-L., Shen, Z., Silver, D., Graf, A., Müller, A., Eicke, S., Stadler-Waibel, M., Seung, D., Bischof, S., Briggs, S. P., Kötting, O., Moorhead, G. B. G., Chen, J., & Zeeman, S. C. (2019). LIKE SEX4 1 Acts as a β-Amylase-Binding Scaffold on Starch Granules during Starch Degradation. The Plant Cell, 31(9), 2169–2186. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.19.00089

• Lee, S.-K*., Kim, H., Cho, J.-I., Nguyen, C. D., Moon, S., Park, J. E., Park, H. R., Huh, J. H., Jung, K.-H., Guiderdoni, E., & Jeon, J.-S. (2019). Deficiency of rice hexokinase HXK5 impairs synthesis and utilization of starch in pollen grains and causes male sterility. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(1), 116–125. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz436

• Lee, D., Lee, S.-K., Rahman, M., Kim, Y., & Zhang, D. (2019). The Role of Rice Vacuolar Invertase2 in Seed Size Control. Mol. Cells, 42(10), 711–720. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2019.0109

• Vo, K. T. X., Lee, S.-K*., Halane, M. K., Song, M.-Y., Hoang, T. V., Kim, C.-Y., Park, S.-Y., Jeon, J., Kim, S. T., Sohn, K. H., & Jeon, and J.-S. (2019). Pi5 and Pii Paired NLRs Are Functionally Exchangeable and Confer Similar Disease Resistance Specificity. Mol. Cells, 42(9), 637–645. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2019.0070

2018--------------------------------------

• Deng, F., Yamaji, N., Ma, J. F., Lee, S.-K., Jeon, J.-S., Martinoia, E., Lee, Y., & Song, W.-Y. (2018). Engineering rice with lower grain arsenic. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 16(10), 1691–1699. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12905

• Baiya, S., Mahong, B., Lee, S.-K., Jeon, J.-S., & Ketudat Cairns, J. R. (2018). Demonstration of monolignol β-glucosidase activity of rice Os4BGlu14, Os4BGlu16 and Os4BGlu18 in Arabidopsis thaliana bglu45 mutant. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 127(March), 223–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.03.026

• Jung, Y.-J., Nogoy, F. M., Lee, S.-K., Cho, Y.-G., & Kang, K.-K. (2018). Application of ZFN for Site Directed Mutagenesis of Rice SSIVa Gene. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 23(1), 108–115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-017-0420-9

• Vo, K. T. X., Kim, C., Hoang, T. V, Lee, S.-K., Shirsekar, G., Seo, Y.-S., Lee, S.-W., Wang, G.-L., & Jeon, J.-S. (2018). OsWRKY67 Plays a Positive Role in Basal and XA21-Mediated Resistance in Rice. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8(January), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.02220

• Wu, Y., Lee, S.-K*., Yoo, Y., Wei, J., Kwon, S.-Y., Lee, S.-W., Jeon, J.-S., & An, G. (2018). Rice Transcription Factor OsDOF11 Modulates Sugar Transport by Promoting Expression of Sucrose Transporter and SWEET Genes. Molecular Plant, 11(6), 833–845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2018.04.002 [Recommended by F1000 Prime] 

2017--------------------------------------

• Kim, S., Lee, S.-K*., Jeong, H., An, G., Jeon, J., & Jung, K.-H. (2017). Crosstalk between diurnal rhythm and water stress reveals an altered primary carbon flux into soluble sugars in drought-treated rice leaves. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 8214. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08473-1

2016--------------------------------------

• Kim, C. Y., Vo, K. T. X., Nguyen, C. D., Jeong, D. H., Lee, S. K., Kumar, M., Kim, S. R., Park, S. H., Kim, J. K., & Jeon, J. S. (2016). Functional analysis of a cold-responsive rice WRKY gene, OsWRKY71. Plant Biotechnology Reports, 10(1), 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11816-015-0383-2

• Eom, J.-S., Nguyen, C. D., Lee, D.-W., Lee, S.-K., & Jeon, J.-S. (2016). Genetic complementation analysis of rice sucrose transporter genes in Arabidopsis SUC2 mutant atsuc2. Journal of Plant Biology, 59(3), 231–237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-016-0015-6

• Lee, S.-K*., Eom, J.-S., Hwang, S.-K., Shin, D., An, G., Okita, T. W., & Jeon, J.-S. (2016). Plastidic phosphoglucomutase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase mutants impair starch synthesis in rice pollen grains and cause male sterility. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(18), 5557–5569. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw324

• Kim, H.-B., Cho, J.-I., Ryoo, N., Shin, D.-H., Park, Y.-I., Hwang, Y., Lee, S.-K., An, G., & Jeon, J.-S. (2016). Role of rice cytosolic hexokinase OsHXK7 in sugar signaling and metabolism. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 58(2), 127–135. https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12366

2015--------------------------------------

• Lee, D.-W., Lee, S.-K*., Phee, B., & Jeon, J. (2015). Proteomic analysis of the rice endosperm starch-deficient mutants osagps2 and osagpl2. Journal of Plant Biology, 58(4), 252–258. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12374-015-0160-3

• Yang, J., Kim, S.-R., Lee, S.-K., Choi, H., Jeon, J.-S., & An, G. (2015). Alanine aminotransferase 1 (OsAlaAT1) plays an essential role in the regulation of starch storage in rice endosperm. Plant Science, 240, 79–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2015.07.027

2014--------------------------------------

• Lee, S.-K*., Eom, J.-S., Voll, L. M., Prasch, C. M., Park, Y.-I., Hahn, T.-R., Ha, S.-H., An, G., & Jeon, J.-S. (2014). Analysis of a Triose Phosphate/Phosphate Translocator-Deficient Mutant Reveals a Limited Capacity for Starch Synthesis in Rice Leaves. Molecular Plant, 7(11), 1705–1708. https://doi.org/10.1093/mp/ssu082

• Han, M., Kim, C.-Y., Lee, J., Lee, S.-K., & Jeon, J.-S. (2014). OsWRKY42 Represses OsMT1d and Induces Reactive Oxygen Species and Leaf Senescence in Rice. Molecules and Cells, 37(7), 532–539. https://doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2014.0128

• Rouyi, C., Baiya, S., Lee, S.-K., Mahong, B., Jeon, J.-S., Ketudat-Cairns, J. R., & Ketudat-Cairns, M. (2014). Recombinant expression and characterization of the cytoplasmic rice β-glucosidase Os1BGlu4. PloS One, 9(5), e96712. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096712

2013--------------------------------------

• Seung, D., Thalmann, M., Sparla, F., Hachem, M. A., Lee, S. -K., Issakidis-Bourguet, E., Svensson, B., Zeeman, S. C., & Santelia, D. (2013). Arabidopsis thaliana AMY3 is a unique redox-regulated chloroplastic α-Amylase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 288(47), 33620–33633. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M113.508283

• Song, M.-Y., Kim, C.-Y., Han, M., Ryu, H.-S., Lee, S.-K., Sun, L., He, Z., Seo, Y.-S., Canal, P., Ronald, P. C., & Jeon, J.-S. (2013). Differential requirement of Oryza sativa RAR1 in immune receptor-mediated resistance of rice to Magnaporthe oryzae. Molecules and Cells, 35(4), 327–334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10059-013-2317-6

2010--------------------------------------

• Amir Hossain, M., Lee, Y., Cho, J.-I., Ahn, C.-H., Lee, S.-K., Jeon, J.-S., Kang, H., Lee, C.-H., An, G., & Park, P. B. (2010). The bZIP transcription factor OsABF1 is an ABA responsive element binding factor that enhances abiotic stress signaling in rice. Plant Molecular Biology, 72(4–5), 557–566. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-009-9592-9

2009--------------------------------------

• Ryu, H.-S., Song, M.-Y., Kim, C.-Y., Han, M., Lee, S.-K., Ryoo, N., Cho, J.-I., Hahn, T.-R., & Jeon, J.-S. (2009). Proteomic analysis of rice mutants susceptible to Magnaporthe oryzae. Plant Biotechnology Reports, 3(2), 167–174. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11816-009-0087-6

• Lee, S.-K*., Song, M.-Y., Seo, Y.-S., Kim, H.-K., Ko, S., Cao, P.-J., Suh, J.-P., Yi, G., Roh, J.-H., Lee, S., An, G., Hahn, T.-R., Wang, G.-L., Ronald, P., & Jeon, J.-S. (2009). Rice Pi5-Mediated Resistance to Magnaporthe oryzae Requires the Presence of Two Coiled-Coil-Nucleotide-Binding-Leucine-Rich Repeat Genes. Genetics, 181(4), 1627–1638. https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.108.099226

2008--------------------------------------

• Lee, S.-K*., Jeon, J.-S., Börnke, F., Voll, L., Cho, J.-I., Goh, C.-H., Jeong, S.-W., Park, Y.-I., Kim, S. J., Choi, S.-B., Miyao, A., Hirochika, H., An, G., Cho, M.-H., Bhoo, S. H., Sonnewald, U., & Hahn, T.-R. (2008). Loss of cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase limits photosynthetic sucrose synthesis and causes severe growth retardations in rice (Oryza sativa). Plant, Cell & Environment, 31(12), 1851–1863. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01890.x

• Seo, Y.-S., Lee, S.-K., Song, M.-Y., Suh, J.-P., Hahn, T.-R., Ronald, P., & Jeon, J.-S. (2008). The HSP90-SGT1-RAR1 molecular chaperone complex: A core modulator in plant immunity. Journal of Plant Biology, 51(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03030734

• Park, D.-S., Song, M.-Y., Park, S.-K., Lee, S.-K., Lee, J.-H., Song, S.-Y., Eun, M. Y., Hahn, T.-R., Sohn, J.-K., Yi, G., Nam, M.-H., & Jeon, J.-S. (2008). Molecular tagging of the Bph1 locus for resistance to brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål) through representational difference analysis. Molecular Genetics and Genomics : MGG, 280(2), 163–172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-008-0353-2

• Kwon, S., Cho, Y., Kim, Y., Suh, J., Jeung, J., Roh, J., Lee, S.-K, Jeon, J., Yang, S., & Lee, Y. (2008). Molecules and Development of Near-isogenic Japonica Rice Lines with Enhanced Resistance to Magnaporthe grisea. Molecules and Cells, 25(3), 407–416. https://www.molcells.org/journal/view.html?year=2008&volume=25&number=3&spage=407#n

2007--------------------------------------

• Seo, Y., Cho, J., Lee, S.-K, Ryu, H., Han, M., Hahn, T., Sonnewald, U., & Jeon, J. (2007). Current insights into the primary carbon metabolic flux that occurs in plants undergoing a defense response. Plant Stress, 1, 42–49. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&btnG=Search&q=intitle:Current+Insights+into+the+Primary+Carbon+Metabolic+Flux+that+Occurs+in+Plants+Undergoing+a+Defense+Response#0

• Lee, S.-K*., Hwang, S.-K., Han, M., Eom, J.-S., Kang, H.-G., Han, Y., Choi, S.-B., Cho, M.-H., Bhoo, S. H., An, G., Hahn, T.-R., Okita, T. W., & Jeon, J.-S. (2007). Identification of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase isoforms essential for starch synthesis in the leaf and seed endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Molecular Biology, 65(4), 531–546. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-007-9153-z

• Park, D.-S., Lee, S.-K., Lee, J.-H., Song, M.-Y., Song, S.-Y., Kwak, D.-Y., Yeo, U.-S., Jeon, N.-S., Park, S.-K., Yi, G., Song, Y.-C., Nam, M.-H., Ku, Y.-C., & Jeon, J.-S. (2007). The identification of candidate rice genes that confer resistance to the brown planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens) through representational difference analysis. TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. Theoretische Und Angewandte Genetik, 115(4), 537–547. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-007-0587-0

• Park, S.-Y., Yu, J.-W., Park, J.-S., Li, J., Yoo, S.-C., Lee, N.-Y., Lee, S.-K., Jeong, S.-W., Seo, H. S., Koh, H.-J., Jeon, J.-S., Park, Y.-I., & Paek, N.-C. (2007). The senescence-induced staygreen protein regulates chlorophyll degradation. The Plant Cell, 19(5), 1649–1664. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.106.044891

2006--------------------------------------

• Lee, M. O., Choi, P. G., Kim, J. A., Jung, Y. H., Jung, S. H., So, H. K., Kim, J. W., Lee, S.-K,, Jeon, J. S., Randeep, R., Agrawal, G. K., & Jwa, N. S. (2006). Two novel protein kinase genes, OsMSRPK1 and OsMSURPK2, are regulated by diverse environmental stresses in rice. Journal of Plant Biology, 49(3), 247–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03030540

• Cho, J.-I., Ryoo, N., Ko, S., Lee, S.-K., Lee, J., Jung, K.-H., Lee, Y.-H., Bhoo, S. H., Winderickx, J., An, G., Hahn, T.-R., & Jeon, J.-S. (2006). Structure, expression, and functional analysis of the hexokinase gene family in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Planta, 224(3), 598–611. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-006-0251-y

• Ryu, H.-S., Han, M., Lee, S.-K., Cho, J.-I., Ryoo, N., Heu, S., Lee, Y.-H., Bhoo, S. H., Wang, G.-L., Hahn, T.-R., & Jeon, J.-S. (2006). A comprehensive expression analysis of the WRKY gene superfamily in rice plants during defense response. Plant Cell Reports, 25(8), 836–847. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-006-0138-1

2005--------------------------------------

• Jung, Y.-H., Lee, J.-H., Agrawal, G. K., Rakwal, R., Kim, J.-A., Shim, J.-K., Lee, S.-K., Jeon, J.-S., Koh, H.-J., Lee, Y.-H., Iwahashi, H., & Jwa, N.-S. (2005). The rice (Oryza sativa) blast lesion mimic mutant, blm, may confer resistance to blast pathogens by triggering multiple defense-associated signaling pathways. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry : PPB / Société Française de Physiologie Végétale, 43(4), 397–406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2005.03.002

• Cho, J.-I., Lee, S.-K., Ko, S., Kim, H.-K., Jun, S.-H., Lee, Y.-H., Bhoo, S. H., Lee, K.-W., An, G., Hahn, T.-R., & Jeon, J.-S. (2005). Molecular cloning and expression analysis of the cell-wall invertase gene family in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Cell Reports, 24(4), 225–236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-004-0910-z

2004--------------------------------------

• Yi, G., Lee, S.-K*., Hong, Y.-K., Cho, Y.-C., Nam, M.-H., Kim, S.-C., Han, S.-S., Wang, G.-L., Hahn, T.-R., Ronald, P. C., & Jeon, J.-S. (2004). Use of Pi5(t) markers in marker-assisted selection to screen for cultivars with resistance to Magnaporthe grisea. TAG. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. Theoretische Und Angewandte Genetik, 109(5), 978–985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00122-004-1707-8