Kim Sung-hoon (biologist) explained
| Sunghoon Kim |
| Birth Place: | South Korea |
| Nationality: | South Korean |
| Field: | Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, Translation, Cancer biology, Therapeutic target discovery |
| Work Institution: | Seoul National University |
| Alma Mater: | Ph.D. Brown University, U.S. |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Dr. Arthur Landy |
| Known For: | Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases |
| Prizes: | Korea Science Award, Ministry of Science and Technology (2003)
Scientist of the Month, Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) (2003)
Top Scientist and Technologist Award of Korea, Ministry of Science and Technology (2006)
Award of Korean National Academy of Science (2012) |
| Module: | | Hangul: | 김성훈 | | Mr: | Kim Sŏnghun | | Rr: | Kim Seong-hun | | Child: | yes |
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Dr. Kim Sunghoon is a South Korean biologist.
Education
Work
Dr. Sunghoon Kim has been studying novel functions of human aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) and searching for their pathophysiological connections to human diseases (PNAS 105:11043,[1] 2008; Nat Rev Cancer 11:708, 2011[2]). He has identified potent novel tumor suppressors such as AIMP2/p38 (Nat Genet 34:330, 2003[3]), AIMP3/p18 (Cell, 120:209, 2005[4]). Besides, he has also investigated novel extracellular activities of ARSs and associated factors such as lysyl-tRNA synthetase (KRS) (PNAS 102, 6356, 2005[5]), tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase(WRS)(Nat Struct Mol Biol 11:149, 2004[6]) and AIMP1/p43 (PNAS 103:14913, 2006[7]). He also discovered the oncogenic variant of AIMP2, designated AIMP2-DX2, as one of the critical factors that determines the survival of lung cancer patients (Plos Genet 7:e1001351, 2011[8]). More recently, he found that leucyl-tRNA synthetase (LRS) serves as an amino acid sensor for mTOR signal pathway (Cell 149:410, 2012[9]).
In summary, his research is unveiling novel regulatory network mediated by human aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that have been regarded as housekeeping machinery for protein synthesis. The regulatory roles and implications of these proteins in human diseases have been largely overlooked for decades. His series of the discoveries on the new function, pathology and medicine of ARSs are rapidly opening a research area that throws new insights into the central dogma of life and human diseases.
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- 2001–Present Professor, Seoul National University
- 1988 - 2007 Director, Center for ARS Network National Creative Research Initiatives
- 2007 - 2010 Director, Center for Medicinal Protein Network and Systems Biology
- 2010–Present Director, Medicinal Bioconvergence Research Center
Awards
See also
- AwardsAminoacyl tRNA synthetase
- Leucyl-tRNA synthetase
References
- http://www.pnas.org/content/105/32/11043.long Aminoacyl tRNA synthetases and their connections to disease
- Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and tumorigenesis: More than housekeeping. 10.1038/nrc3124. 2011. Kim. Sunghoon. You. Sungyong. Hwang. Daehee. Nature Reviews Cancer. 11. 10. 708–718. 21941282. 44712015.
- Downregulation of FUSE-binding protein and c-myc by tRNA synthetase cofactor p38 is required for lung cell differentiation. 10.1038/ng1182. 2003. Kim. Min Jung. Park. Bum-Joon. Kang. Young-Sun. Kim. Hyoung June. Park. Jae-Hyun. Kang. Jung Woo. Lee. Sang Won. Han. Jung Min. Lee. Han-Woong. Kim. Sunghoon. Nature Genetics. 34. 3. 330–336. 12819782. 41006480.
- http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(05)00002-4 Cell - The Haploinsufficient Tumor Suppressor p18 Upregulates p53 via Interactions with ATM/ATR
- http://www.pnas.org/content/102/18/6356.long Human lysyl-tRNA synthetase is secreted to trigger proinflammatory response
- A short peptide insertion crucial for angiostatic activity of human tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase. 10.1038/nsmb722. 2004. Kise. Yoshiaki. Lee. Sang Won. Park. Sang Gyu. Fukai. Shuya. Sengoku. Toru. Ishii. Ryohei. Yokoyama. Shigeyuki. Kim. Sunghoon. Nureki. Osamu. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 11. 2. 149–156. 14730354. 20084521.
- http://www.pnas.org/content/103/40/14913.long Hormonal activity of AIMP1/p43 for glucose homeostasis
- http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pgen.1001351 PLOS Genetics: Cancer-Associated Splicing Variant of Tumor Suppressor AIMP2/p38: Pathological Implication in Tumorigenesis
- http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(12)00282-6 Cell - Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase Is an Intracellular Leucine Sensor for the mTORC1-Signaling Pathway
- Web site: KOFST 한국과학기술단체총연합회 . 2013-06-10 . https://archive.today/20130616030923/http://www.kofst.or.kr:8080/kofst_us/user/gnb_2/business_8.html . 2013-06-16 . dead .
- Web site: NAS Award : Activities : The National Academy Of Sciences Republic Of Korea . 2013-06-10 . 2013-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131207183850/http://www.nas.go.kr/eng/active/active/award.jsp . dead .
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