Publication
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†Corresponding author(s)
2025
29. Kim, G.M., Choi, Y., Choi, K.R., Lee, I., Kim, J., Lee, B., Lee, S.Y., and Lee, D.C.† “In vivo synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles in Azotobacter vinelandii for light-driven ammonia production” Nanoscale 2025. 17:3381-3388.
2024
28. Kim, J., Lee, B., Kim, G.-M., Lee, I., Lee, S.Y., Choi, K.R.†, and Lee, D.C.† “Scalable ammonia synthesis in fermentors using quantum dot-Azotobacter vinelandii hybrids” Korean J. Chem. Eng. 2024. 41:3593-3601.
27. Choi, K.R., Ahn, D.-H., Jung, S.Y., Lee, Y.H., and Lee, S.Y.† “Microbial lysates repurposed as liquid egg substitutes” npj Sci. Food 2024. 8:35.
26. Choi, K.R., Jung, S.Y., and Lee, S.Y.† “From sustainable feedstocks to microbial foods” Nat. Microbiol. 2024. 9(5):1167–1175.
25. Choi, K.R., Luo, Z.W., Kim, G.B., Xu, H., and Lee, S.Y.† “A microbial process for the production of benzyl acetate” Nat. Chem. Eng. 2024. 1(3):216-228. (Cover paper)
2023
24. Chung, H., Kim, J., Lee, Y.J., Choi, K.R., Jeong, K.J., Kim, G.-J., and Lee, S.Y.† "Enhanced production of difficult-to-express proteins through knocking down rnpA gene expression" Biotechnol. J. 2023. 18(10):2200641.
23. Choi, K.R. and Lee, S.Y.† “Systems metabolic engineering of microorganisms for food and cosmetics production” Nat. Rev. Bioeng. 2023. 1:832-857.
22. Cho, J.S., Yang, D., Prabowo, C.P.S., Ghiffary, M.R., Han, T.H., Choi, K.R., Moon, C.W., Zhou, H., Ryu, J.Y., Kim, H.U., and Lee, S.Y.† "Targeted and high-throughput gene knockdown in diverse bacteria using synthetic sRNAs", Nat. Commun. 2023. 14:2359.
21. Luo, Z.W.*, Choi, K.R.*, and Lee, S.Y.† “Improved terephthalic acid production from p-xylene using metabolically engineered Pseudomonas putida” Metab. Eng. 2023. 76:75-86.
20. Ahn, Y.-J., Lee, J.A., Choi, K.R., Bang, J., and Lee, S.Y.† “Can microbes be harnessed to reduce atmospheric loads of greenhouse gases?” Environ. Microbiol. 2023. 25(1):17-25.
2022
19. Choi, K.R.†, Yu, H.E., and Lee, S.Y.† “Production of zinc protoporphyrin IX by metabolically engineered Escherichia coli” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2022. 119(11): 3319-3325.
18. Choi, K.R.†, Yu, H.E., Lee, H., and Lee, S.Y.† “Improved production of heme using metabolically engineered Escherichia coli” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2022. 119(11): 3178-3193.
17. Choi, K.R.*, Ahn, Y.-J.*, and Lee, S.Y† “Bacterial conversion of CO2 to organic compounds” J. CO2 Util. 2022. 58:101929.
16. Choi, K.R.*,†, Yu, H.E.*, and Lee, S.Y.† “Microbial food: microorganisms repurposed for our food” Microb. Biotechnol. 2022. 15(1):18-25.
2021
15. Kim, J.-S., Choi, K.R., Eun, H., Heo, J., Kwon, S.-W., Ko, Y.-J., and Kim, S.-J.† “Complete genome sequence of Sphingomonas sanguinis NP2-R2, a carotenoid producing bacterium, isolated from morning glory” Korean J. Microbiol. 2021. 57(3):238-241.
2020
14. Choi, K.R.*, Jiao, S.*, and Lee, S.Y.† “Metabolic engineering strategies toward production of biofuels” Curr. Opin. Chem. Biol. 2020. 59:1-14.
13. Cho, I.J., Choi, K.R., and Lee, S.Y.† “Microbial production of fatty acids and derivative chemicals” Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2020. 65:129-141.
12. Chang, H.N.*,†, Choi, K.R.*, Lee, S.Y, Seon, M.-H., and Chang, Y.-S. “Chang approximation for the osmotic pressure of dilute to concentrated solutions” Korean J. Chem. Eng. 2020.37(4):583-587.
11. Choi, K.R. and Lee, S.Y.† “Protocols for RecET-based markerless recombineering for gene knockout and integration to express heterologous biosynthetic gene clusters in Pseudomonas putida” Microb. Biotechnol. 2020.13(1):199-209.
2019
10. Choi, K.R., Jang, W.D., Yang, D., Cho, J.S., Park, D., and Lee, S.Y.† “Systems metabolic engineering strategies: Integrating systems and synthetic biology with metabolic engineering”, Trends Biotechnol. 2019. 37(8):817-837. (Cover paper)
2018
9. Choi, K.R., Ryu, J.Y., and Lee, S.Y.† “Revisiting statistical design and analysis in scientific research”, Small 2018. 14(40):1802604.
8. Zhao, X.R., Choi, K.R., and Lee, S.Y.† “Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for secretory production of free haem” Nat. Catal. 2018. 1(8):720-728.
7. Choi, K.R.*, Kim, W.J.*, and Lee, S.Y.† “Metabolomics for industrial fermentation” Bioprocess Biosyst. Eng. 2018. 41(7):1073-1077.
6. Choi, K.R., Cho, J.S., Cho, I.J., Park, D., and Lee, S.Y.† “Markerless gene knockout and integration to express heterologous biosynthetic gene clusters in Pseudomonas putida” Metab. Eng. 2018. 47:463-474.
2017
5. Yang, D.S., Cho, J.S., Choi, K.R., Kim, H.U., and Lee, S.Y.† “Systems metabolic engineering as an enabling technology in accomplishing sustainable development goals” Microb. Biotechnol. 2017. 10(5):1254-1258.
4. Cho, J.S.*, Choi, K.R.*, Prabowo, C.P.S., Shin, J.H., Yang, D., Jang, J., and Lee, S.Y.† “CRISPR/Cas9-coupled recombineering for metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum”, Metab. Eng. 2017. 42:157-167.
2016
3. Choi, K.R. and Lee, S.Y.† “CRISPR technologies for bacterial systems: Current achievements and future directions”, Biotechnol. Adv. 2016. 34(7):1180-1209.
2. Lee, J.W., Gyorgy, A., Cameron, D.E., Pyenson, N., Choi, K.R., Way, J.C., Silver, P.A., Vecchio, D.D., and Collins, J.J.† “Creating single-copy genetic circuits”, Mol. Cell 2016. 63(2):329-336.
1. Choi, K.R.*, Shin, J.H.*, Cho, J.S., Yang, D., and Lee, S.Y.† “Systems metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli” EcoSal Plus 2016. 7(1): 10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0010-2015.