1st authors are underlined, corresponding authors are marked with an asterisk*, JCR impact factor corresponds to the year of publication

2025

18) Ignasia Handipta Mahardika, Hyun Park, Eunjin Huh, Changyoon Baek, Shin-Gyu Cho, Kwang-Hwan Jung, Junhong Min*, Kwanwoo Shin*. Mimicking Biochemical Traits with a Synthetic Lipid Nanoparticles SARS-COV-2 Model.
Advanced Therapeutics (2025, IF 2.6) 8, 2400401. https://doi.org/10.1002/adtp.202400401.

2024

17) Chenda Hour, Kimleng Chuon,Myung-chul Song, Jin-gon Shim, Shin-Gyu Cho, Kun-Wook Kang; Ji-Hyun Kim, Kwang-Hwan Jung*.  Unveiling the critical role of K+ for xanthorhodopsin expression in E. coli.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (2024, IF 3.9) 258, 112976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2024.112976.

16) Jin-gon Shim, Kimleng Chuon, Ji‐Hyun Kim, Sang-ji Lee, Myung-chul Song, Shin-Gyu Cho,  Chenda Hour, Kwang-Hwan Jung*.  Proton-pumping photoreceptor controls expression of ABC transporter by regulating transcription factor through light.
Communications biology (2024, IF 5.2) 7, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06471-4.

15) Shin-Gyu Cho, Ji-Hyun Kim, Ji-eun Lee, In-Jung Choi, Myungchul Song, Kimleng Chuon, Jin-gon Shim, Kun-Wook Kang, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Heliorhodopsin-mediated light-modulation of ABC transporter.
Nature Communications (2024, IF 14.7) 15, 4306. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48650-1.

14) Sunmin Jeon, Casana Ros, Eunjin Huh, Hyun Kyung Choi, Shin-Gyu Cho, Kwang-Hwan Jung, Kwanwoo Shin*. Real-time Visualization of Transcribed mRNA via Click Chemistry in a Liposomal Space.
Journal of Oleo Science (2024, IF 1.6) 73, 573–581. https://doi.org/10.5650/jos.ess23198.

2023

13) Kimleng Chuon, Jin-gon Shim, Shin-Gyu Cho, Myungchul Song, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Natural selection of carotenoid binding in Gloeobacter rhodopsin.
Algal Research (2023, IF 5.1) 74, 103232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103232.

12) Serang Bong, Chung Bin Park, Shin-Gyu Cho, Jaeyoung Bae, Natalia Diyah Hapsari, Xuelin Jin, Ji-eun Lee, Sujung Heo, Jaeyoung Bae, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Kwang-Hwan Jung*, Bong June Sung*, Kyubong Jo*.  AT-specific DNA visualization revisits the directionality of bacteriophage λ DNA ejection.
Nucleic Acids Research (2023, IF 14.9) 51, 5634–5646. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad340.

2022

11) Jin-gon Shim, Shin-Gyu Cho, Se-Hwan Kim, Kimleng Chuon, Seanghun Meas, Ahreum Choi, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Heliorhodopsin Helps Photolyase to Enhance the DNA Repair Capacity.
Microbiology Spectrum (2022, IF 9.043) 10, e02215-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02215-22.

10) Shin-Gyu Cho, Myungchul Song, Kimleng Chuon, Jin-gon Shim, Seanghun Meas, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Heliorhodopsin binds and regulates glutamine synthetase activity.
PLOS Biology (2022, IF 9.593) 20, e3001817. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001817.

9) Jin-gon Shim, Kimleng Choun, Kun-Wook Kang, Ji-Hyun Kim, Shin-Gyu Cho, Kwang-Hwan Jung*.  The binding of secondary chromophore for thermally stable rhodopsin makes more stable with temperature.
Protein Science (2022, IF 6.993) 31, e4386. https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.4386.

8) Kimleng Chuon,  Jin-gon Shim, Kun-Wook Kang, Shin-Gyu Cho, Seanghun Meas, Ji-Hyun Kim, Ahreum Choi, Chenda Hour, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Carotenoid binding in Gloeobacteria rhodopsin provides insights into divergent evolution of xanthorhodopsin types.
Communications biology (2022, IF 6.548) 5, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03429-2.

7) Jin-gon Shim, Na-rae Kang, Kimleng Chuon, Shin-Gyu Cho, Seanghun Meas, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Mutational analyses identify a single amino acid critical for colour tuning in proteorhodopsins.
FEBS Letters (2022, IF 3.864) 596, 784–795. https://doi.org/10.1002/1873-3468.14297.

2021

6) Shin-Gyu Cho, Jin-gon Shim, Kimleng Choun, Seanghun Meas, Kun-Wook Kang, Ji-hyun Kim, Hyun-Suk Cho, Kwang-HwanJung*. Discovery of a new light-driven Li+/Na+-pumping rhodopsin with DTG motif.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (2021, IF 6.252) 223, 112285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112285.

5) Kimleng Chuon, Jin-gon Shim, Se-Hwan Kim, Shin-Gyu Cho, Seanghun Meas, Kun-Wook Kang, Ji-Hyun Kim, Ishita Das, Mordechai Sheves, Kwang-Hwan Jung*. The role of carotenoids in proton-pumping rhodopsin as a primitive solar energy conversion system.
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (2021, IF 6.252) 221, 112241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112241.

4) Jin-gon Shim, Veasna Soum, Kun-Wook Kang, Kimleng Chuon, Shin-Gyu Cho, Ji-HyunKim, Seanghun Meas, Alina Pushkarev, Kwanwoo Shin,  Kwang-Hwan Jung*. Discovery of a microbial rhodopsin that is the most stable in extreme environments.
iScience (2021, IF 5.458) 24, 102620. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102620. 

3) Kimleng Chuon, So Young Kim, Seanghun Meas, Jin-gon Shim, Shin-Gyu Cho, Kun-Wook Kang, Ji-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Suk Cho, Kwang-Hwan Jung*.  Assembly of Natively Synthesized Dual Chromophores Into Functional Actinorhodopsin.
Frontiers in Microbiology (2021, IF 5.640) 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.652328 

2) Agustina Setiawati, Dongyoon Jang, Daeyon Cho, Shingyu Cho, Hayan Jeong, Sungmin Park, Jungsug Gwak, Soo Ryeon Ryu, Won Hee Jung, Bong-Gun Ju, Kwang-Hwan Jung, Oh-Sun Kwon, Kwanwoo Shin*. An Accelerated Wound‐Healing Surgical Suture Engineered with an Extracellular Matrix.
Advanced Healthcare Materials (2021 IF 9.933), 10, 2001686. https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202001686 

1) Se-Hwan Kim, Kimleng Chuon, Shin-Gyu Cho, Ahreum Choi, Seanghun Meas, Hyun-Suk Cho, Kwang-Hwan Jung*.  Color-tuning of natural variants of heliorhodopsin.
Scientific Reports (2021, IF 4.38)11, 854. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72125-0.