Hoi Sung Chung, Ph.D.
Acting Section Chief:
Single-Molecule Biophysics Section, Laboratory of Chemical Physics
Scientific Focus Areas: Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics, Structural Biology
Publications
A selection of recent and significant publications can be viewed below.
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- Disordered proteins follow diverse transition paths as they fold and bind to a partner.
- Kim JY, Chung HS.
- Science (2020 Jun 12) 368:1253-1257. Abstract/Full Text
- Fast three-color single-molecule FRET using statistical inference.
- Yoo J, Kim JY, Louis JM, Gopich IV, Chung HS.
- Nat Commun (2020 Jul 3) 11:3336. Abstract/Full Text
- Diffusion-limited association of disordered protein by non-native electrostatic interactions.
- Kim JY, Meng F, Yoo J, Chung HS.
- Nat Commun (2018 Nov 9) 9:4707. Abstract/Full Text
- Highly Disordered Amyloid-β Monomer Probed by Single-Molecule FRET and MD Simulation.
- Meng F, Bellaiche MMJ, Kim JY, Zerze GH, Best RB, Chung HS.
- Biophys J (2018 Feb 27) 114:870-884. Abstract/Full Text
- Oligomerization of the tetramerization domain of p53 probed by two- and three-color single-molecule FRET.
- Chung HS, Meng F, Kim JY, McHale K, Gopich IV, Louis JM.
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2017 Aug 15) 114:E6812-E6821. Abstract/Full Text
Additional Publications
- Probing the mechanism of inhibition of amyloid-β(1-42)-induced neurotoxicity by the chaperonin GroEL.
- Wälti MA, Steiner J, Meng F, Chung HS, Louis JM, Ghirlando R, Tugarinov V, Nath A, Clore GM.
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2018 Dec 18) 115:E11924-E11932. Abstract/Full Text
- Protein folding transition path times from single molecule FRET.
- Chung HS, Eaton WA.
- Curr Opin Struct Biol (2018 Feb) 48:30-39. Abstract/Full Text
- Structural origin of slow diffusion in protein folding.
- Chung HS, Piana-Agostinetti S, Shaw DE, Eaton WA.
- Science (2015 Sep 25) 349:1504-10. Abstract/Full Text
- Testing Landscape Theory for Biomolecular Processes with Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy.
- Truex K, Chung HS, Louis JM, Eaton WA.
- Phys Rev Lett (2015 Jul 3) 115:018101. Abstract/Full Text
- Fast single-molecule FRET spectroscopy: theory and experiment.
- Chung HS, Gopich IV.
- Phys Chem Chem Phys (2014 Sep 21) 16:18644-57. Abstract/Full Text
- Single-molecule fluorescence probes dynamics of barrier crossing.
- Chung HS, Eaton WA.
- Nature (2013 Oct 31) 502:685-8. Abstract/Full Text
- Measuring ultrafast protein folding rates from photon-by-photon analysis of single molecule fluorescence trajectories.
- Chung HS, Cellmer T, Louis JM, Eaton WA.
- Chem Phys (2013 Aug 30) 422:229-237. Abstract/Full Text
- Solution structure of the ESCRT-I and -II supercomplex: implications for membrane budding and scission.
- Boura E, Różycki B, Chung HS, Herrick DZ, Canagarajah B, Cafiso DS, Eaton WA, Hummer G, Hurley JH.
- Structure (2012 May 9) 20:874-86. Abstract/Full Text
- Single-molecule fluorescence experiments determine protein folding transition path times.
- Chung HS, McHale K, Louis JM, Eaton WA.
- Science (2012 Feb 24) 335:981-4. Abstract/Full Text
- Solution structure of the ESCRT-I complex by small-angle X-ray scattering, EPR, and FRET spectroscopy.
- Boura E, Rózycki B, Herrick DZ, Chung HS, Vecer J, Eaton WA, Cafiso DS, Hummer G, Hurley JH.
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011 Jun 7) 108:9437-42. Abstract/Full Text
- Extracting rate coefficients from single-molecule photon trajectories and FRET efficiency histograms for a fast-folding protein.
- Chung HS, Gopich IV, McHale K, Cellmer T, Louis JM, Eaton WA.
- J Phys Chem A (2011 Apr 28) 115:3642-56. Abstract/Full Text
- Distinguishing between protein dynamics and dye photophysics in single-molecule FRET experiments.
- Chung HS, Louis JM, Eaton WA.
- Biophys J (2010 Feb 17) 98:696-706. Abstract/Full Text
- Experimental determination of upper bound for transition path times in protein folding from single-molecule photon-by-photon trajectories.
- Chung HS, Louis JM, Eaton WA.
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2009 Jul 21) 106:11837-44. Abstract/Full Text
- Probing the folding transition state of ubiquitin mutants by temperature-jump-induced downhill unfolding.
- Chung HS, Shandiz A, Sosnick TR, Tokmakoff A.
- Biochemistry (2008 Dec 30) 47:13870-7. Abstract/Full Text
- Temperature-dependent downhill unfolding of ubiquitin. II. Modeling the free energy surface.
- Chung HS, Tokmakoff A.
- Proteins (2008 Jul) 72:488-97. Abstract/Full Text
- Temperature-dependent downhill unfolding of ubiquitin. I. Nanosecond-to-millisecond resolved nonlinear infrared spectroscopy.
- Chung HS, Tokmakoff A.
- Proteins (2008 Jul) 72:474-87. Abstract/Full Text
- Amide I two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of proteins.
- Ganim Z, Chung HS, Smith AW, Deflores LP, Jones KC, Tokmakoff A.
- Acc Chem Res (2008 Mar) 41:432-41. Abstract/Full Text
- Transient 2D IR spectroscopy of ubiquitin unfolding dynamics.
- Chung HS, Ganim Z, Jones KC, Tokmakoff A.
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007 Sep 4) 104:14237-42. Abstract/Full Text
- Transient two-dimensional IR spectrometer for probing nanosecond temperature-jump kinetics.
- Chung HS, Khalil M, Smith AW, Tokmakoff A.
- Rev Sci Instrum (2007 Jun) 78:063101. Abstract/Full Text
- The anharmonic vibrational potential and relaxation pathways of the amide I and II modes of N-methylacetamide.
- DeFlores LP, Ganim Z, Ackley SF, Chung HS, Tokmakoff A.
- J Phys Chem B (2006 Sep 28) 110:18973-80. Abstract/Full Text
- Visualization and characterization of the infrared active amide I vibrations of proteins.
- Chung HS, Tokmakoff A.
- J Phys Chem B (2006 Feb 16) 110:2888-98. Abstract/Full Text
- Residual native structure in a thermally denatured beta-hairpin.
- Smith AW, Chung HS, Ganim Z, Tokmakoff A.
- J Phys Chem B (2005 Sep 15) 109:17025-7. Abstract/Full Text
- Conformational changes during the nanosecond-to-millisecond unfolding of ubiquitin.
- Chung HS, Khalil M, Smith AW, Ganim Z, Tokmakoff A.
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005 Jan 18) 102:612-7. Abstract/Full Text
- Two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy of antiparallel beta-sheet secondary structure.
- Demirdöven N, Cheatum CM, Chung HS, Khalil M, Knoester J, Tokmakoff A.
- J Am Chem Soc (2004 Jun 30) 126:7981-90. Abstract/Full Text