School of Pharmacy - School of Pharmacy

  • Professor Structural and molecular biology
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Research Interest

Molecular and structural mechanism of cellular signaling proteins including G protein-coupled receptor signaling molecules

Education

  • (Ph.D.)Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Experience

  • 2008-2011: Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University
  • 2012-2016: Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy Sungkyunkwan University
  • 2017-present: Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy Sungkyunkwan University

Journal Articles

  • (2024)  Molecular mechanism of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M3 interaction with Gq.  COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY.  7, 
  • (2024)  Molecular insights into atypical modes of β-arrestin interaction with seven transmembrane receptors.  SCIENCE.  383,  6678
  • (2023)  GPCR targeting of E3 ubiquitin ligase MDM2 by inactive β-arrestin.  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  120,  28
  • (2023)  Gαs slow conformational transition upon GTP binding and a novel Gαs regulator.  ISCIENCE.  26,  5
  • (2022)  Effect of ?-helical domain of Gi/o ? subunit on GDP/GTP turnover.  BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL.  479,  17
  • (2021)  Scaffolding mechanism of arrestin-2 in the cRaf/MEK1/ ERK signaling cascade.  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  118,  37
  • (2021)  The conformational transition during G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) and G protein interaction.  CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY.  69,  Special SI
  • (2021)  Conformational switch that induces GDP release from Gi.  JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY.  213,  1
  • (2021)  Structure of a GRK5-Calmodulin Complex Reveals Molecular Mechanism of GRK Activation and Substrate Targeting.  MOLECULAR CELL.  81,  2
  • (2020)  Many faces of the GPCR-arrestin interaction.  ARCHIVES OF PHARMACAL RESEARCH.  43,  9
  • (2020)  Crystal Structure of beta-Arrestin 2 in Complex with CXCR7 Phosphopeptide.  STRUCTURE.  28,  9
  • (2020)  Structural mechanism underlying primary and secondary coupling between GPCRs and the Gi/o family.  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS.  11,  1
  • (2020)  Conformational Dynamics and Functional Implications of Phosphorylated beta-Arrestins.  STRUCTURE.  28,  3
  • (2019)  Assembly of a GPCR-G Protein Complex.  CELL.  177,  5
  • (2019)  Structural Mechanism of the Arrestin-3/JNK3 Interaction.  STRUCTURE.  27,  7
  • (2018)  Biophysical and functional characterization of Norrin signaling through Frizzled4.  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.  115,  35
  • (2018)  Orthosteric and allosteric action of the C5a receptor antagonists.  NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY.  25,  6
  • (2017)  Structural and Functional Analysis of a beta(2)-Adrenergic Receptor Complex with GRK5.  CELL.  169,  3

Conference Paper

  • (2024)  Dynamic conformational change during GPCR-G protein coupling.  wcp2023.  UNITED KINGDOM