Hogyun Seo

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
43 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Hogyun Seo is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hogyun Seo has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Pollution and 12 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Hogyun Seo's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (12 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (11 papers). Hogyun Seo is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (12 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (11 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (11 papers). Hogyun Seo collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Russia. Hogyun Seo's co-authors include Kyung‐Jin Kim, Hyeoncheol Francis Son, Hye-Young Sagong, Seongjoon Joo, Sang Yup Lee, So Young Choi, In Jin Cho, Tae Joo Shin, Hwaseok Hong and Seul Hoo Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Hogyun Seo

41 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Structural insight into molecular mechanism of poly(ethylene terephthalate) degradation

2018 578 citations Seongjoon Joo, In Jin Cho et al. Nature Communications profile →
Rational Protein Engineering of Thermo-Stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis for Highly Efficient PET Degradation

2019 408 citations Hyeoncheol Francis Son, In Jin Cho et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hogyun Seo South Korea	19	1.3k	1.1k	656	565	527	43	2.4k
So Young Choi South Korea	26	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.9×	918 1.6×	360 0.7×	59	2.9k
Erika Erickson United States	16	739 0.6×	636 0.6×	766 1.2×	323 0.6×	412 0.8×	21	2.0k
Jian‐Wen Huang China	22	759 0.6×	686 0.6×	417 0.6×	441 0.8×	362 0.7×	43	1.8k
Hee Taek Kim South Korea	31	573 0.5×	751 0.7×	987 1.5×	642 1.1×	274 0.5×	74	2.5k
Shosuke Yoshida Japan	16	2.4k 1.9×	1.7k 1.6×	549 0.8×	575 1.0×	1.3k 2.5×	37	3.2k
Kazumi Hiraga Japan	25	2.4k 1.9×	1.7k 1.6×	1.4k 2.2×	804 1.4×	1.3k 2.5×	52	4.3k
Numbi Ramudu Kamini India	27	441 0.4×	659 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	683 1.2×	102 0.2×	68	2.2k
In Jin Cho South Korea	11	960 0.8×	971 0.9×	495 0.8×	483 0.9×	346 0.7×	12	1.6k
Prashant Bhagwat South Africa	18	570 0.5×	513 0.5×	444 0.7×	295 0.5×	334 0.6×	54	1.6k
Kim Borch Denmark	29	399 0.3×	766 0.7×	1.2k 1.8×	1.4k 2.4×	155 0.3×	74	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hogyun Seo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hogyun Seo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hogyun Seo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hogyun Seo. Hogyun Seo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jeon, Byoung Seung, Eun Jung Kim, Hogyun Seo, et al.. (2025). Molecular Chain Elongation Mechanism for n ‐Caproate Biosynthesis by Megasphaera Hexanoica. Advanced Science. 12(44). e06069–e06069.

Lee, Seul Hoo, et al.. (2024). Characterization and Engineering of a Fungal Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Hydrolyzing Enzyme from Aspergillus fumigatiaffinis. ACS Catalysis. 14(6). 4108–4116. 14 indexed citations

Lee, Seul Hoo, Hogyun Seo, Hwaseok Hong, et al.. (2023). Three-directional engineering of IsPETase with enhanced protein yield, activity, and durability. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 459. 132297–132297. 22 indexed citations

Hong, Hwaseok, et al.. (2023). Discovery and rational engineering of PET hydrolase with both mesophilic and thermophilic PET hydrolase properties. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4556–4556. 70 indexed citations

Kim, Seong‐Min, Seul Hoo Lee, Il‐Kwon Kim, Hogyun Seo, & Kyoung Jin Kim. (2022). Structural insight into a molecular mechanism of methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 202. 234–240. 3 indexed citations

Ahn, Jung Ho, Hogyun Seo, Jong An Lee, et al.. (2020). Enhanced succinic acid production by Mannheimia employing optimal malate dehydrogenase. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1970–1970. 225 indexed citations

Son, Hyeoncheol Francis, Seongjoon Joo, Hogyun Seo, et al.. (2020). Structural bioinformatics-based protein engineering of thermo-stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 141. 109656–109656. 90 indexed citations

Kim, Seong‐Min, Seul Hoo Lee, Hogyun Seo, & Kyung‐Jin Kim. (2020). Biochemical properties and crystal structure of formate-tetrahydrofolate ligase from Methylobacterium extorquens CM4. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 528(3). 426–431. 8 indexed citations

Joo, Seongjoon, Chonglong Wang, Hogyun Seo, et al.. (2020). Metabolic engineering ofEscherichia colifor production of non-natural acetins from glycerol. Green Chemistry. 22(22). 7788–7802. 5 indexed citations

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Hong, Hwaseok, Hogyun Seo, & Kyung‐Jin Kim. (2019). Structural insights into a maleylpyruvate hydrolase from sphingobium sp. SYK-6, a bacterium degrading lignin-derived aryls. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 514(3). 765–771. 4 indexed citations

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Son, Hyeoncheol Francis, In Jin Cho, Seongjoon Joo, et al.. (2019). Rational Protein Engineering of Thermo-Stable PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis for Highly Efficient PET Degradation. ACS Catalysis. 9(4). 3519–3526. 408 indexed citations breakdown →

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Seo, Hogyun & Kyung‐Jin Kim. (2019). Crystal Structure of a Novel Type Isomerase of Enoyl-CoA Hydratase/Isomerase Family Protein from Cupriavidus necator H16. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering. 24(1). 155–162. 1 indexed citations

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Seo, Hogyun, Seongmin Kim, Hyeoncheol Francis Son, et al.. (2018). Production of extracellular PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis using sec-dependent signal peptides in E. coli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 508(1). 250–255. 103 indexed citations

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Pham, Le Thanh Mai, Hogyun Seo, Kyung‐Jin Kim, & Yong Hwan Kim. (2018). In silico-designed lignin peroxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium shows enhanced acid stability for depolymerization of lignin. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 11(1). 325–325. 29 indexed citations

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Seo, Hogyun & Kyung‐Jin Kim. (2018). Structural insight into molecular mechanism of cytokinin activating protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Environmental Microbiology. 20(9). 3214–3223. 12 indexed citations

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Seo, Hogyun & Kyung‐Jin Kim. (2017). Structural basis for a novel type of cytokinin-activating protein. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 45985–45985. 24 indexed citations

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Joo, Seongjoon, Sang‐Woo Kim, Hogyun Seo, & Kyung‐Jin Kim. (2016). Crystal Structure of Amylomaltase from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 64(28). 5662–5670. 14 indexed citations

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Seo, Hogyun, Sang‐Woo Kim, Hye-Young Sagong, et al.. (2016). Structural basis for cytokinin production by LOG from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 31390–31390. 24 indexed citations

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Lim, Jong‐Min, Hyun Gi Koh, Eun Kyung Kim, et al.. (2016). CRISPR/Cas9-induced knockout and knock-in mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27810–27810. 290 indexed citations

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Yang, Ji Hyun, et al.. (2007). Phytohormone abscisic acid control RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 gene expression and post-transcriptional gene silencing in rice cells. Nucleic Acids Research. 36(4). 1220–1226. 40 indexed citations

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