Emeritus Professor
Hong, Choo Bong
Research
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Plant Sciences
1. Molecular Chaperones in Plants
● Function of small heat-shock proteins in plants under unfavorable conditions
● Function of Heat-shock protein 70 in plants under unfavorable conditions
2. Tolerance mechanism of plants against abiotic stresses
● Transcription factors for tolerance mechanism under heat, cold, freezing, dehydration, flooding, and heavy metal stresses
● Signal transduction pathway components for tolerance mechanism under heat, cold, freezing, dehydration, flooding, and heavy metal stresses
3. Whole plant bioreactor
● Production of human proteins from transgenic plants
● Function of small heat-shock proteins in plants under unfavorable conditions
● Function of Heat-shock protein 70 in plants under unfavorable conditions
2. Tolerance mechanism of plants against abiotic stresses
● Transcription factors for tolerance mechanism under heat, cold, freezing, dehydration, flooding, and heavy metal stresses
● Signal transduction pathway components for tolerance mechanism under heat, cold, freezing, dehydration, flooding, and heavy metal stresses
3. Whole plant bioreactor
● Production of human proteins from transgenic plants
Education/Career
Education
- - 1978.9 - 1983.3 Ph.D. : Michigan State University
- - 1973.3-1977.8 Master : Botany, Seoul National University
- - 1969.3 - 1973.2 Bachelor : Botany, Seoul National University
Career
- - 2006 - Present Biotechnology Incubation Center: Golden Helix, Director
- - 2005 - 2008 Journal of Integrativ Plant Biology, Editor
- - 2003 - 2007 Journal of Plant Biology, Editor-in chief
- - 2003 - 2005 Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics. Director
- - 1992 - Present Professor, Seoul National University
- - 1987 Senior/Principal Research Scientist, Lab Head Genetic Engineering Research Institute
- - 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, San Diego
- - 1983 Postdoctoral Fellow, Texas Tech University
Publications
- Hyun Jo Koo, Soo Min Park, Keun Pill Kim, Mi Chung Suh, Mi Ok Lee, Seong-Kon Lee, Xinli Xia, and Choo Bong Hong (2015) Small heat shock proteins can release light dependence of tobacco seed during germination. Plant Physiology 167: 1030-1038
- Soo Min Park, Keun Pill Kim, Myung Kuk Joe, Mi Ok Lee, Hyun Jo Koo, and Choo Bong Hong (2014) Tobacco class I cytosolic small heat shock proteins are under transcriptional and translational regulations in expression and heterocomplex prevails under the high temperature stress condition in vitro. Plant Cell and Environment doi: 10.1111/pce. 12436
- Lee MO, Kim KP, Kim B, Hahn JS, Hong CB (2009) Flooding stress-induced glycine-rich RNA-binding protein from Nicotiana tabacum. Molecules and Cells 27: 47-54.
- Zeba N, Isbat M, Kwon NJ, Lee MO, Kim SR, Hong CB (2009) Heat-inducible C3HC4 type RING zinc finger protein gene from Capsicum annuum enhances growth of transgenic tobacco. Planta 229: 861-871.
- Ko DK, Lee MO, Hahn JS, Kim B, Hong CB (2009) Submergence-inducible and circadian rhythmic basic helix-loop-helix protein gene in Nicotiana tabacum. Journal of Plant Physiology 166: 1090-1100.