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Jaeyong Lee

Yonsei University · Engineering

About the Lab

Professor Jaeyong Lee's research lab specializes in interdisciplinary materials science and structural biology, focusing on the development of advanced functional materials and the structural characterization of viral and cellular enzymes. Key research directions include designing highly sensitive and stretchable nanomaterial-based strain sensors using carbon nanotubes, engineering hybrid solar cells with ultra-thin amorphous silicon for tunable optical properties, and elucidating the molecular mechanisms of viral proteases like SARS-CoV-2 Mpro and regulatory enzymes such as CCT. The lab integrates X-ray crystallography, nanofabrication, and bioimaging techniques to address challenges in biomedicine and sustainable energy.

strain sensorsamorphous silicon solar cellsviral protease structurecarbon nanotube hybridsenzyme crystallography

Research Overview

Papers
481
Total Citations
9,920
Papers (5y)
79
Primary Field
Engineering

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
79total
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2022
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2025
Citations per year (5y)
2,241total
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Selected Papers

15
1
Article|232 citations·2020
Crystallographic structure of wild-type SARS-CoV-2 main protease acyl-enzyme intermediate with physiological C-terminal autoprocessing site
Jaeyong Lee, L.J. Worrall, M. Vuckovic, Federico I. Rosell, Francesco Gentile, Anh‐Tien Ton, Nathanael A. Caveney, Fuqiang Ban, Artem Cherkasov, Mark Paetzel, N.C.J. Strynadka
SJR Q1Nature CommunicationsOA

Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen that causes the disease COVID-19, produces replicase polyproteins 1a and 1ab that contain, respectively, 11 or 16 nonstructural proteins (nsp). Nsp5 is the main protease (M pro ) responsible for cleavage at eleven positions along these polyproteins, including at its own N- and C-terminal boundaries, representing essential processing events for subsequent viral assembly and maturation. We have determined X-ray cry

Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
2
Article|212 citations·2019
Ultrasensitive Strain Sensor Based on Separation of Overlapped Carbon Nanotubes
Jae Yong Lee, Soonjae Pyo, Dae‐Sung Kwon, Eunhwan Jo, Wondo Kim, Jongbaeg Kim
SJR Q1Small

Although there have been remarkable improvements in stretchable strain sensors, the development of strain sensors with scalable fabrication techniques and which both high sensitivity and stretchability simultaneously is still challenging. In this work, a stretchable strain sensor based on overlapped carbon nanotube (CNT) bundles coupled with a silicone elastomer is presented. The strain sensor with overlapped CNTs is prepared by synthesizing line-patterned vertically aligned CNT bundles and roll

Biomedical EngineeringEngineering
3
Article|100 citations·2011
VISUALISATION OF SOCIO‐SPATIAL ISOLATION BASED ON HUMAN ACTIVITY PATTERNS AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN SPACE‐TIME
Jae Yong Lee, Mei‐Po Kwan
SJR Q1Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

ABSTRACT Few previous studies of socio‐spatial isolation have explored both its spatial and temporal dimensions. This study proposes and implemented four visual methods for analysing socio‐spatial isolation using graphic representation of people's social networks and activity patterns in space and time: 3D space‐time paths, time windows, 3D activity density surfaces, and ring‐based visualisation of social networks. These visualisations utilise both activity‐travel data and social network informa

TransportationSocial Sciences
4
Article|93 citations·2014
Decorative power generating panels creating angle insensitive transmissive colors
Jae Yong Lee, Kyu‐Tae Lee, Sungyong Seo, L. Jay Guo
SJR Q1Scientific ReportsOA

We present ultra-thin (6 to 31 nm) undoped amorphous silicon/organic hybrid solar cell structure, which can transmit desired color of light. The transmitted colors show great angular tolerance due to the negligible optical phase associated with light propagating in ultra-thin amorphous silicon (a-Si) layers. We achieved the power conversion efficiency of the hybrid cells up to 2 %; and demonstrated that most of the absorbed photons in the undoped a-Si layer contributed to the extracted electric

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
5
Article|92 citations·2022
X-ray crystallographic characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 main protease polyprotein cleavage sites essential for viral processing and maturation
Jaeyong Lee, Calem Kenward, L.J. Worrall, M. Vuckovic, Francesco Gentile, Anh‐Tien Ton, Myles Ng, Artem Cherkasov, N.C.J. Strynadka, Mark Paetzel
SJR Q1Nature CommunicationsOA

Abstract Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the pathogen that causes COVID-19, produces polyproteins 1a and 1ab that contain, respectively, 11 or 16 non-structural proteins (nsp). Nsp5 is the main protease (M pro ) responsible for cleavage at eleven positions along these polyproteins, including at its own N- and C-terminal boundaries, representing essential processing events for viral assembly and maturation. Using C-terminally substituted M pro chimeras, we have deter

Materials ChemistryMaterials Science
6
Article|89 citations·2015
Oxidative stress triggers lipid droplet accumulation in primary cultured hepatocytes by activating fatty acid synthesis
Jae Yong Lee, Takujiro Homma, Toshihiro Kurahashi, Eun Sil Kang, Junichi Fujii
SJR Q2Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
EpidemiologyMedicine
7
Article|63 citations·2009
Crystal Structure of a Mammalian CTP: Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase Catalytic Domain Reveals Novel Active Site Residues within a Highly Conserved Nucleotidyltransferase Fold
Jaeyong Lee, Joanne E. Johnson, Ziwei Ding, Mark Paetzel, Rosemary B. Cornell
SJR Q1Journal of Biological ChemistryOA

CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) is the key regulatory enzyme in the synthesis of phosphatidylcholine, the most abundant phospholipid in eukaryotic cell membranes. The CCT-catalyzed transfer of a cytidylyl group from CTP to phosphocholine to form CDP-choline is regulated by a membrane lipid-dependent mechanism imparted by its C-terminal membrane binding domain. We present the first analysis of a crystal structure of a eukaryotic CCT. A deletion construct of rat CCTalpha spanning res

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
8
Article|59 citations·2011
Structure of the catalytic domain of glucoamylase fromAspergillus niger
Jaeyong Lee, Mark Paetzel
Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology and Crystallization CommunicationsOA

Glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger is an industrially important biocatalyst that is utilized in the mass production of glucose from raw starch or soluble oligosaccharides. The G1 isoform consists of a catalytic domain and a starch-binding domain connected by a heavily glycosylated linker region. The amino-terminal catalytic domain of the G1 isoform generated by subtilisin cleavage has been crystallized at pH 8.5, which is a significantly higher pH condition than used for previously characterize

BiotechnologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
9
Article|58 citations·2009
Dual functions of Nicotiana benthamiana Rae1 in interphase and mitosis
Jae Yong Lee, Ho‐Seok Lee, Soo‐Jin Wi, Ky Young Park, Anne‐Catherine Schmit, Hyun‐Sook Pai
SJR Q1The Plant JournalOA

Rae1 performs multiple functions in animal systems, acting in interphase as an mRNA export factor and during mitosis as a mitotic checkpoint and spindle assembly regulator. In this study we characterized multiple functions of Rae1 in plants. Virus-induced gene silencing of Nicotiana benthamiana Rae1, NbRae1, which encodes a protein with four WD40 repeats, resulted in growth arrest and abnormal leaf development. NbRae1 was mainly associated with the nuclear envelope during interphase, and NbRae1

Plant ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences
10
Article|52 citations·2014
Linear programming based hourly peak load shaving method at home area
Jae Yong Lee, Seong Gon Choi

We propose a method about power consumption scheduling for shaving peak load at home area using linear programming technique. Problems caused by peak load such as blackout and rolling blackout has occurred recently in the world because hourly peak load consumption is increased rapidly in the same time. So to solve these problems is using ESS. Especially, the most effective method is to utilize ESS and V2G. Electricity of the battery of parked PHEV at home area transmits through V2G to the ESS. T

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
11
Article|46 citations·2013
Structural Basis for Autoinhibition of CTP:Phosphocholine Cytidylyltransferase (CCT), the Regulatory Enzyme in Phosphatidylcholine Synthesis, by Its Membrane-binding Amphipathic Helix
Jaeyong Lee, Svetla G. Taneva, Bryan W. Holland, D. Peter Tieleman, Rosemary B. Cornell
SJR Q1Journal of Biological ChemistryOA

CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase (CCT) interconverts between an inactive soluble and active membrane-bound form in response to changes in membrane lipid composition. Activation involves disruption of an inhibitory interaction between the αE helices at the base of the active site and an autoinhibitory (AI) segment in the regulatory M domain and membrane insertion of the M domain as an amphipathic helix. We show that in the CCT soluble form the AI segment functions to suppress kcat and elev

Molecular BiologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
12
Article|46 citations·2018
Design of a 3D BMP-2-Delivering Tannylated PCL Scaffold and Its Anti-Oxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Osteogenic Effects In Vitro
Jae Yong Lee, Hyunwoong Lim, Jae Won Ahn, Dong‐Sik Jang, Seung Hee Lee, Kyeongsoon Park, Sung Eun Kim
SJR Q1International Journal of Molecular SciencesOA

In this study, a novel three-dimensional (3D) bone morphogenic protein-2 (BMP-2)-delivering tannylated polycaprolactone (PCL) (BMP-2/tannic acid (TA)/PCL) scaffold with anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and osteogenic activities was fabricated via simple surface coating with TA, followed by the immobilization of BMP-2 on the TA-coated PCL scaffold. The BMP-2/TA/PCL scaffold showed controlled and sustained BMP-2 release. It effectively scavenged reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells, and increase

RheumatologyMedicine
13
Article|42 citations·2017
Optimal Energy Management of Combined Cooling, Heat and Power in Different Demand Type Buildings Considering Seasonal Demand Variations
Akhtar Hussain, Van‐Hai Bui, Hak‐Man Kim, Yong-Hoon Im, Jae Yong Lee
SJR Q1EnergiesOA

In this paper, an optimal energy management strategy for a cooperative multi-microgrid system with combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) is proposed and has been verified for a test case of building microgrids (BMGs). Three different demand types of buildings are considered and the BMGs are assumed to be equipped with their own combined heat and power (CHP) generators. In addition, the BMGs are also connected to an external energy network (EEN), which contains a large CHP, an adsorption chille

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEngineering
14
Article|40 citations·2021
Analytical study on changes in domestic hot water use caused by COVID-19 pandemic
Dongwoo Kim, Taesu Yim, Jae Yong Lee
SJR Q1EnergyOA

COVID-19 made considerable changes in the lifestyle of people, which have led to a rise in energy use in homes. So, this study investigated the relationship between COVID-19 and domestic hot water demands. For this purpose, a nondimensional and principal component analysis were conducted to find out the influencing factors using demand data before and after COVID-19 from our study site. Analysis showed that the COVID-19 outbreak affected the daily peak time and the amount of domestic hot water u

Global and Planetary ChangeEnvironmental Science
15
Article|39 citations·2013
Congruency sequence effect in cross-task context: Evidence for dimension-specific modulation
Jae Yong Lee, Yang Seok Cho
SJR Q1Acta Psychologica
Cognitive NeuroscienceNeuroscience

Research Areas

Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMaterials ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMolecular Biology

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