Dae‐Kyun Ro

7.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Dae‐Kyun Ro is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Dae‐Kyun Ro has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Pharmacology and 13 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Dae‐Kyun Ro's work include Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (48 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (21 papers) and Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (13 papers). Dae‐Kyun Ro is often cited by papers focused on Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis (48 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (21 papers) and Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies (13 papers). Dae‐Kyun Ro collaborates with scholars based in Canada, South Korea and United States. Dae‐Kyun Ro's co-authors include Jay D. Keasling, Yoichiro Shiba, James Kirby, Michelle C. Y. Chang, Mario Ouellet, Karl J. Fisher, Timothy S. Ham, Richmond Sarpong, Sydnor T. Withers and Karyn L. Newman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Dae‐Kyun Ro

59 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Production of the antimalarial drug precursor artemisinic acid in engineered yeast

2006 2.0k citations Dae‐Kyun Ro, James Kirby et al. profile →
The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosynthesis

2021 155 citations Xingyao Xiong, Junbo Gou et al. Nature Plants profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dae‐Kyun Ro Canada	29	4.4k	1.3k	702	578	514	60	5.1k
Patrick S. Covello Canada	34	3.9k 0.9×	557 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	296 0.5×	555 1.1×	68	4.8k
Peter E. Brodelius Sweden	45	3.9k 0.9×	606 0.5×	1.6k 2.3×	1.3k 2.3×	436 0.8×	117	4.9k
Mario Ouellet United States	13	3.2k 0.7×	697 0.5×	290 0.4×	314 0.5×	293 0.6×	16	3.6k
Marie‐Thérèse Martin France	29	1.4k 0.3×	523 0.4×	658 0.9×	579 1.0×	337 0.7×	134	3.0k
Sydnor T. Withers United States	8	3.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.8×	134 0.2×	394 0.7×	349 0.7×	9	3.8k
Joe Chappell United States	32	2.6k 0.6×	822 0.6×	537 0.8×	333 0.6×	218 0.4×	54	3.1k
Djaja D. Soejarto United States	38	2.0k 0.5×	582 0.4×	1.3k 1.8×	216 0.4×	519 1.0×	128	4.0k
Jacob Pollier Belgium	35	3.3k 0.8×	550 0.4×	1.4k 2.0×	241 0.4×	450 0.9×	61	4.2k
Andrea Porzel Germany	38	2.8k 0.6×	813 0.6×	2.8k 4.0×	292 0.5×	536 1.0×	233	5.9k
Darwin W. Reed Canada	30	2.7k 0.6×	473 0.4×	1.0k 1.5×	291 0.5×	511 1.0×	76	3.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Dae‐Kyun Ro

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dae‐Kyun Ro

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Köllner, Tobias G., Ulschan Bathe, Nathalie D. Lackus, et al.. (2025). Biosynthesis of biologically active terpenoids in the mint family (Lamiaceae). Natural Product Reports. 42(11). 1887–1908. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yingmei, Xueqing Chen, Fuhua Hao, et al.. (2024). Biosynthesis of bridged tricyclic sesquiterpenes in Inula lineariifolia. The Plant Journal. 120(2). 658–673.

Ness, Rob W., et al.. (2024). A chromosome level reference genome of Diviner’s sage (Salvia divinorum) provides insight into salvinorin A biosynthesis. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 914–914. 4 indexed citations

Li, Changfu, Yuanjun Li, J Wang, et al.. (2024). An independent biosynthetic route to frame a xanthanolide‐type sesquiterpene lactone in Asteraceae. The Plant Journal. 121(2). e17199–e17199. 3 indexed citations

Smith, Jessica, et al.. (2024). Reconstructing curcumin biosynthesis in yeast reveals the implication of caffeoyl-shikimate esterase in phenylpropanoid metabolic flux. Metabolic Engineering. 82. 286–296. 4 indexed citations

Kwon, Moonhyuk, et al.. (2023). New insights into natural rubber biosynthesis from rubber‐deficient lettuce mutants expressing goldenrod or guayule cis‐prenyltransferase. New Phytologist. 239(3). 1098–1111. 19 indexed citations

Kwon, Moonhyuk, et al.. (2022). Germacrene A Synthases for Sesquiterpene Lactone Biosynthesis Are Expressed in Vascular Parenchyma Cells Neighboring Laticifers in Lettuce. Plants. 11(9). 1192–1192. 5 indexed citations

Ro, Dae‐Kyun, et al.. (2022). Improved protein glycosylation enabled heterologous biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids and their unnatural derivatives in yeast. Metabolic Engineering Communications. 16. e00215–e00215. 9 indexed citations

Xiong, Xingyao, Junbo Gou, Qinggang Liao, et al.. (2021). The Taxus genome provides insights into paclitaxel biosynthesis. Nature Plants. 7(8). 1026–1036. 155 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Ji Young, et al.. (2021). The yeast platform engineered for synthetic gRNA-landing pads enables multiple gene integrations by a single gRNA/Cas9 system. Metabolic Engineering. 64. 111–121. 29 indexed citations

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Ro, Dae‐Kyun, et al.. (2020). Synthetic Derivatives of (+)-epi-α-Bisabolol Are Formed by Mammalian Cytochromes P450 Expressed in a Yeast Reconstituted Pathway. ACS Synthetic Biology. 9(2). 368–380. 8 indexed citations

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Wungsintaweekul, Juraithip, Sang‐Hoon Kim, Jeong‐Han Kim, et al.. (2019). 4-Coumarate:coenzyme A ligase isoform 3 from Piper nigrum (Pn4CL3) catalyzes the CoA thioester formation of 3,4-methylenedioxycinnamic and piperic acids. Biochemical Journal. 477(1). 61–74. 16 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Trinh‐Don, Moonhyuk Kwon, Soo-Un Kim, Conrad Fischer, & Dae‐Kyun Ro. (2019). Catalytic Plasticity of Germacrene A Oxidase Underlies Sesquiterpene Lactone Diversification. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 181(3). 945–960. 23 indexed citations

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Kwon, Moonhyuk, et al.. (2019). Molecular Studies of the Protein Complexes Involving Cis-Prenyltransferase in Guayule (Parthenium argentatum), an Alternative Rubber-Producing Plant. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. 165–165. 32 indexed citations

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Kwon, Moonhyuk, et al.. (2017). Molecular cloning and functional characterization of three terpene synthases from unripe fruit of black pepper (Piper nigrum). Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 638. 35–40. 14 indexed citations

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Kwon, Moonhyuk, Eun‐Soo Kwon, & Dae‐Kyun Ro. (2016). cis-Prenyltransferase and Polymer Analysis from a Natural Rubber Perspective. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 576. 121–145. 25 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Trinh‐Don, et al.. (2016). Discovery of germacrene A synthases in Barnadesia spinosa: The first committed step in sesquiterpene lactone biosynthesis in the basal member of the Asteraceae. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 479(4). 622–627. 27 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Trinh‐Don, Gillian MacNevin, & Dae‐Kyun Ro. (2012). De Novo Synthesis of High-Value Plant Sesquiterpenoids in Yeast. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 517. 261–278. 38 indexed citations

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Shiba, Yoichiro, et al.. (2006). Engineering of the pyruvate dehydrogenase bypass in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for high-level production of isoprenoids. Metabolic Engineering. 9(2). 160–168. 268 indexed citations

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Ro, Dae‐Kyun & Carl J. Douglas. (2004). Reconstitution of the Entry Point of Plant Phenylpropanoid Metabolism in Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(4). 2600–2607. 94 indexed citations

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