Publications
1. Fu, Y., Land, M., Kavlashvili, T., Cui, R., Kim, M., DeBitetto, E., Lieber, T., Ryu, K. W., Choi, E., Masilionis, I., Saha, R., Takizawa, M., Baker, D., Tigano, M., Lareau, C. A., Reznik, E., Sharma, R., Chaligne, R., Thompson, C. B., … Sfeir, A. (2025). Engineering mtDNA deletions by reconstituting end joining in human mitochondria. Cell, 188(10), 2778-2793.e21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.02.009
2. Fung, T. S., Ryu, K. W., & Thompson, C. B. (2025). Arginine: At the crossroads of nitrogen metabolism. The EMBO Journal, 44(5), 1275–1293. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-00379-3
3. Ryu, K. W., Fung, T. S., Baker, D. C., Saoi, M., Park, J., Febres-Aldana, C. A., Aly, R. G., Cui, R., Sharma, A., Fu, Y., Jones, O. L., Cai, X., Pasolli, H. A., Cross, J. R., Rudin, C. M., & Thompson, C. B. (2024). Cellular ATP demand creates metabolically distinct subpopulations of mitochondria. Nature, 635(8039), 746–754. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08146-w
4. Cai, X., Ng, C. P., Jones, O., Fung, T. S., Ryu, K. W., Li, D., & Thompson, C. B. (2023). Lactate activates the mitochondrial electron transport chain independently of its metabolism. Molecular Cell, 83(21), 3904-3920.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.034
5. Challa, S.*, Ryu, K. W.*, Whitaker, A. L., Abshier, J. C., Camacho, C. V., & Kraus, W. L. (2022). Development and characterization of new tools for detecting poly(ADP-ribose) in vitro and in vivo. eLife, 11, e72464. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.72464
6. Challa, S., Khulpateea, B. R., Nandu, T., Camacho, C. V., Ryu, K. W., Chen, H., Peng, Y., Lea, J. S., & Kraus, W. L. (2021). Ribosome ADP-ribosylation inhibits translation and maintains proteostasis in cancers. Cell, 184(17), 4531-4546.e26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.07.005
7. Zhu, J., Schwörer, S., Berisa, M., Kyung, Y. J., Ryu, K. W., Yi, J., Jiang, X., Cross, J. R., & Thompson, C. B. (2021). Mitochondrial NADP(H) generation is essential for proline biosynthesis. Science, 372(6545), 968–972. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abd5491
8. Huang, D., Camacho, C. V., Setlem, R., Ryu, K. W., Parameswaran, B., Gupta, R. K., & Kraus, W. L. (2020). Functional Interplay between Histone H2B ADP-Ribosylation and Phosphorylation Controls Adipogenesis. Molecular Cell, 79(6), 934-949.e14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2020.08.002
9. Ryu, K. W., Nandu, T., Kim, J., Challa, S., DeBerardinis, R. J., & Kraus, W. L. (2018). Metabolic regulation of transcription through compartmentalized NAD+ biosynthesis. Science, 360(6389), eaan5780. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aan5780
10. Luo, X.*, Ryu, K. W.*, Kim, D.-S., Nandu, T., Medina, C. J., Gupte, R., Gibson, B. A., Soccio, R. E., Yu, Y., Gupta, R. K., & Kraus, W. L. (2017). PARP-1 Controls the Adipogenic Transcriptional Program by PARylating C/EBPβ and Modulating Its Transcriptional Activity. Molecular Cell, 65(2), 260–271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2016.11.015
11. Ryu, K. W., & Kraus, W. L. (2016). Who Put the “A” in ATP? Generation of ATP from ADP-Ribose in the Nucleus for Hormone-Dependent Gene Regulation. Molecular Cell, 63(3), 349–351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2016.07.018
12. Kil, I. S., Ryu, K. W., Lee, S. K., Kim, J. Y., Chu, S. Y., Kim, J. H., Park, S., & Rhee, S. G. (2015). Circadian Oscillation of Sulfiredoxin in the Mitochondria. Molecular Cell, 59(4), 651–663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2015.06.031
13. Ryu, K. W., Kim, D.-S., & Kraus, W. L. (2015). New Facets in the Regulation of Gene Expression by ADP-Ribosylation and Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases. Chemical Reviews, 115(6), 2453–2481. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr5004248
14. Kil, I. S., Lee, S. K., Ryu, K. W., Woo, H. A., Hu, M.-C., Bae, S. H., & Rhee, S. G. (2012). Feedback Control of Adrenal Steroidogenesis via H2O2-Dependent, Reversible Inactivation of Peroxiredoxin III in Mitochondria. Molecular Cell, 46(5), 584–594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2012.05.030
15. Zhang, T., Berrocal, J. G., Yao, J., DuMond, M. E., Krishnakumar, R., Ruhl, D. D., Ryu, K. W., Gamble, M. J., & Kraus, W. L. (2012). Regulation of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase-1-dependent Gene Expression through Promoter-directed Recruitment of a Nuclear NAD+ Synthase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 287(15), 12405–12416. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M111.304469
Published papers, studies and books from the Ryu Lab team.