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Selected Publications

* equal contribution, § co-corresponding authors

2024

Structural basis for the recognition of GPRC5D by Talquetamab, a bispecific antibody for Multiple Myeloma

Jihong Jeong, Junhyeon Park, Geun Young Mo, Jinwoo Shin, Yunje Cho

Journal of Molecular Biology (2024) Aug 22. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168748


Constitutive activation mechanism of a class C GPCR

Jinwoo Shin*, Junhyeon Park*, Jieun Jeong, Jordy Homing Lam, Xingyu Qiu, Di Wu, Kuglae Kim, Joo-Youn Lee, Carol V. Robinson, Jaekyung Hyun, Vsevolod Katritch, Kwang Pyo Kim§, Yunje Cho§

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2024) Feb 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41594-024-01224-7

2023

Structural mechanism of Escherichia coli cyanase

Jihan Kim, Youngchang Kim, Jaehyun Park, Ki Hyun Nam§, Yunje Cho§

Acta Crystallographica Section D (2023) Nov 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1107/S2059798323009609

A stepwise activation model for the insulin receptor

Na-Oh Yunn§, Junhong Kim, Sung Ho Ryu, Yunje Cho§

Experimental & Molecular Medicine (2023) Oct 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s12276-023-01101-1

2022

Regulation of BRCA1 stability through the tandem UBX domains of isoleucyl-tRNA synthetase 1

Scisung Chung, Mi-Sun Kang, Dauren S. Alimbetov, Gil-Im Mun, Na-Oh Yunn, Yunjin Kim, Byung-Gyu Kim, Minwoo Wie, Eun A. Lee, Jae Sun Ra, Jung-Min Oh, Donghyun Lee, Keondo Lee, Jihan Kim, Seung Hyun Han, Kyong-Tai Kim, Wan Kyun Chung, Ki Hyun Nam, Jaehyun Park, ByungHoon Lee, Sunghoon Kim, Weixing Zhao, Sung Ho Ryu, Yun-Sil Lee, Kyungjae Myung§, Yunje Cho§

Nature Communications (2022) Nov 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34612-y

Functional selectivity of insulin receptor revealed by aptamer-trapped receptor structures

Junhong Kim*, Na-Oh Yunn*§, Mangeun Park, Jihan Kim, Seongeun Park, Yoojoong Kim, Jeongeun Noh, Sung Ho Ryu§, Yunje Cho§

Nature Communications (2022) Oct 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34292-8

Structure of the Human TELO2-TTI1-TTI2 Complex

Youngran Kim*, Junhyeon Park*, So Young Joo, Byung-Gyu Kim, Aera Jo, Hyunsook Lee, Yunje Cho

Journal of Molecular Biology (2022) Jan 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167370

2021

Structure of the class C orphan GPCR GPR158 in complex with RGS7-Gβ5

Eunyoung Jeong*, Yoojoong Kim*, Jihong Jeong, Yunje Cho

Nature Communications (2021) Nov 23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27147-1

Structure Basis for Shaping the Nse4 Protein by the Nse1 and Nse3 Dimer within the Smc5/6 Complex

Aera Jo, Shibai Li, Jinwoo Shin, Xiaolan Zhao, Yunje Cho

Journal of Molecular Biology (2021) April 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2021.166910

2020

Structural Basis for Activation of the Heterodimeric GABAB receptor

Yoojoong Kim, Eunyoung Jeong, Ji-hong Jeong, Youngjin Kim, Yunje Cho 

Journal of Molecular Biology (2020) Nov 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2020.09.023

Structural Basis for the Antibiotic Resistance of Eukaryotic Isoleucyl-tRNA Synthetase

Scisung Chung, Sulhee Kim, Sung Ho Ryu, Kwang Yeon Hwang, Yunje Cho

Molecules and Cells (2020) Apr 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2020.2287

Structural basis of the fanconi anemia-associated mutations within the FANCA and FANCG complex

Eunyoung Jeong, Seong-Gyu Lee, Hyun-Suk Kim, Jihyeon Yang, Jinwoo ShinYoungran KimJihan Kim, Orlando D Schärer, Youngjin Kim, Jung-Eun Yeo, Ho Min Kim, Yunje Cho

Nucleic Acids Research (2020) Apr 6. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa062

2018

Structural Mechanism of DNA Interstrand Cross-link Unhooking by Bacterial FAN1 Nuclease

Hyeonseok Jin, Upasana Roy, Gwangrog Lee, Orlando D. Schärer, Yunje Cho

Journal of Biological Chemistry (2018) Apr 27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.RA118.002171

2017

Structural and Functional Relationships of FAN1

Hyeonseok Jin, Yunje Cho

DNA Repair (2017) Aug 27. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dnarep.2017.06.016

Dynamic assembly of Hda and the sliding clamp in the regulation of replication licensing

Jin S. Kim, Michael T. Nanfara, Sundari Chodavarapu, Kyeong S. Jin, Vignesh M. P. Babu, Mohamed A. Ghazy, Scisung Chung, Jon M. Kaguni, Mark D. Sutton, Yunje Cho

Nucleic Acids Research (2017) Apr 20. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx081

Eukaryotic Rad50 functions as a rod-shaped dimer

Young Bong Park*, Marcel Hohl*, Michał Padjasek, Eunyoung Jeong, Kyeong Sik Jin, Artur Krężel, John H J Petrini§, Yunje Cho§

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2017) Jan 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.3369

2016

ATP-dependent DNA binding, unwinding, and resection by the Mre11/Rad50 complex

Yaqi Liu*, Sihyun Sung*, Youngran Kim*, Fuyang Li, Gwanghyun Gwon, Aera Jo, Ae-Kyoung Kim, Taeyoon Kim, Ok-kyu Song, Sang Eun Lee, Yunje Cho

EMBO Journal (2016) Apr 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201592462

2015

Crystal structure of the Rad3/XPD regulatory domain of Ssl1/p44

Jin Seok Kim*, Charlotte Saint-André*, Hye Seong Lim, Cheol-Sang Hwang, Jean Marc Egly§, Yunje Cho§

Journal of Biological Chemistry (2015) April 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M115.636514

2014

Structure of the ArgRS-GlnRS-AIMP1 complex and its implications for mammalian translation

Yaoyao Fu*, Youngran Kim*, Kyeong Sik Jin, Hyun Sook Kim, Jong Hyun Kim, DongMing Wang, Minyoung Park, Chang Hwa Jo, Nam Hoon Kwon, Doyeun Kim, Myung Hee Kim, Young Ho Jeon, Kwang Yeon Hwang§, Sunghoon Kim, Yunje Cho§

Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (2014) Oct 21. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1408836111

An Ankyrin Repeat Domain of AKR2 Drives Chloroplast Targeting through Coincident Binding of Two Chloroplast Lipids

Dae Heon Kim, Mi-Jeong Park, Gwang Hyeon Gwon, Antonina Silkov, Zheng-Yi Xu, Eun Chan Yang, Seohyeon Song, Kyungyoung Song, Younghyun Kim, Hwan Su Yoon, Barry Honig, Wonhwa Cho§, Yunje Cho§, Inhwan Hwang§

Developmental Cell (2014) Sep 8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2014.07.026

DNA end recognition by the Mre11 nuclease dimer: insights into resection and repair of damaged DNA

Sihyun Sung*, Fuyang Li*, Young Bong Park, Jin Seok Kim, Ae-Kyoung Kim, Ok-kyu Song, Jiae Kim, Jun Che, Sang Eun Lee§, Yunje Cho§

EMBO Journal (2014) Oct 16. doi: https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.201488299



Crystal structures of the structure-selective nuclease Mus81-Eme1 bound to flap DNA substrates

Gwang Hyeon Gwon, Aera Jo, Kyuwon Baek, Kyeong Sik Jin, Yaoyao Fu, Jong-Bong Lee, Youngchang Kim, Yunje Cho

EMBO Journal (2014) May 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/embj.201487820

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Crystal structure of a Fanconi anemia-associated nuclease homolog bound to 5' flap DNA: basis of interstrand cross-link repair by FAN1

Gwang Hyeon Gwon*, Youngran Kim*, Yaqi Liu*, Adam T Watson, Aera Jo, Thomas J Etheridge, Fenghua Yuan, Yanbin Zhang, YoungChang Kim, Anthony M Carr, Yunje Cho

Genes & Development (2014) Oct 15. doi: https:/doi.org/10.1101/gad.248492.114

(Cover Article: Volume 28 No. 20 in Oct 15, 2014)

2012

Crystal structure of the NurA–dAMP–Mn2+ complex

Jina Chae, Young Chang Kim, Yunje Cho

Nucleic Acids Research (2012) Mar 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkr999

2011

Crystal Structure of Human Mre11: Understanding Tumorigenic Mutations

Young Bong Park, Jina Chae, Young Chang Kim, Yunje Cho

Structure (2011) Nov 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2011.09.010

Crystal structure of the Mre11-Rad50-ATPγS complex: understanding the interplay between Mre11 and Rad50

Hye Seong Lim*, Jin Seok Kim*, Young Bong Park, Gwang Hyeon Gwon, Yunje Cho

Genes & Development (2011) May 15. doi: http://doi.org/10.1101/gad.2037811

2009

Structure of the Cdt1 C-terminal domain: conservation of the winged helix fold in replication licensing factors

Bulat I Khayrutdinov*, Won Jin Bae*, Young Mi Yun*, Jie Hye Lee, Takashi Tsuyama, Jung Joo Kim, Eunha Hwang, Kyoung-Seok Ryu, Hae-Kap Cheong, Chaejoon Cheong, Jung-Soon Ko, Takemi Enomoto, P Andrew Karplus, Peter Güntert, Shusuke Tada, Young Ho Jeon§, Yunje Cho§

Protein Science (2009) Nov 18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/pro.236

Crystal structure of the human rad9-hus1-rad1 clamp

Sun Young SohnYunje Cho

Journal of Molecular Biology (2009) Jul 17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.028

Crystal structure of the eIF4A-PDCD4 complex

Jeong Ho Chang, Yong Hyun Cho, Sun Young Sohn, Jung Min Choi, Ahreum Kim, Young Chang Kim, Sung Key Jang, Yunje Cho

Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (2009)

Mar 3. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0808275106

2008

Crystal structure of the Mus81-Eme1 complex

Jeong Ho Chang, Jeong Joo Kim, Jung Min Choi, Jung Hoon Lee, Yunje Cho

Genes & Development (2008) Apr 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1618708

2007

Crystal structure of human DGCR8 core

Sun Young Sohn, Won Jin Bae, Jeong Joo Kim, Kyu-Hyeon Yeom, V Narry Kim,  Yunje Cho

Nature Structural & Molecular Biology (2007) Sep 14. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb1294

Crystal structure of the human GINS complex

Jung Min Choi, Hye Seong Lim, Jeong Joo Kim, Ok-Kyu Song, Yunje Cho

Genes & Development (2007) Jun 1. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1548107

Probing the roles of active site residues in the 3'-5' exonuclease of the Werner syndrome protein

Jung Min Choi, Sung Yun Kang, Won Jin Bae, Kyeong Sik Jin, Moonhor Ree, Yunje Cho

Journal of Biological Chemistry (2007) Mar 30. doi: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M609657200

2005

Structure of a peptide:N-glycanase-Rad23 complex: insight into the deglycosylation for denatured glycoproteins

Jung-Hoon Lee, Jung Min Choi, Changwook Lee, Ki Joung Yi, Yunje Cho

Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences (2005) Jun 28. doi: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0502082102

2004

Structural basis for inhibition of the replication licensing factor Cdt1 by geminin

Changwook Lee, BumSoo Hong, Jung Min Choi, Yugene Kim, Saori Watanabe, Yukio Ishimi, Takemi Enomoto, Shusuke Tada, Youngchang Kim, Yunje Cho

Nature (2004) Aug 19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02813

Probing the functional importance of the hexameric ring structure of RNase PH

Jung Min Choi, Eun Young Park, Jun Hyun Kim, Sung Key Chang, Yunje Cho

Journal of Biological Chemistry (2004) Jan 2. doi: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M309628200

2003

Mechanism of histone lysine methyl transfer revealed by the structure of SET7/9-AdoMet

Taewoo Kwon, Jeong Ho Chang, Eunyee Kwak, Chang Wook Lee, Andrzej Joachimiak, Young Chang Kim, Jaewoon Lee, Yunje Cho

EMBO Journal (2003) Jan 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/cdg025

2002

Structural basis for the recognition of the E2F transactivation domain by the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor

Changwook Lee, Jeong Ho Chang, Hyun Sook Lee, Yunje Cho

Genes & Development (2002) Dec 15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1046102

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