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Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2023-07-10 to present | Postdoctoral Fellow (Molecular and Cellular Biology)
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Colin Y. Kim

Education and qualifications (2)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

2018-08-25 to 2023-06-01 | Doctor of Philosophy (Biological Engineering)
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Colin Y. Kim

University of California Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara, CA, US

2014-09-28 to 2018-06-10 | Bachelor of Science (Chemistry and Biochemistry)
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Colin Y. Kim

Works (11)

Tracing the stepwise Darwinian evolution of a plant halogenase

2024-12-11 | Preprint
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim; David W. Kastner; Andrew J. Mitchell; Michael A. Gutierrez; Jocelyn S. Yao; Edwin N. Neumann; Heather J. Kulik; Jing-Ke Weng
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Mechanistic basis for the emergence of EPS1 as a catalyst in salicylic acid biosynthesis of Brassicaceae

Nature Communications
2024-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Michael P. Torrens-Spence; Jason O. Matos; Tianjie Li; David W. Kastner; Colin Y. Kim; Ziqi Wang; Christopher M. Glinkerman; Jennifer Sherk; Heather J. Kulik; Yi Wang et al.
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Genome‐wide association identifies a BAHD acyltransferase activity that assembles an ester of glucuronosylglycerol and phenylacetic acid

The Plant Journal
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Jeffrey P. Simpson; Colin Y. Kim; Amanpreet Kaur; Jing‐Ke Weng; Brian Dilkes; Clint Chapple
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Genomics and biochemical analyses reveal a metabolon key to β-L-ODAP biosynthesis in Lathyrus sativus

Nature Communications
2023-02-16 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2041-1723
Contributors: Anne Edwards; Isaac Njaci; Abhimanyu Sarkar; Zhouqian Jiang; Gemy Kaithakottil; Chris Moore; Jitender Cheema; Clare Stevenson; Martin Rejzek; Petr Novak et al.
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Emergence of a proton exchange-based isomerization and lactonization mechanism in the plant coumarin synthase COSY

Nature Communications
2023-02-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim; Andrew J. Mitchell; David W. Kastner; Claire E. Albright; Michael A. Gutierrez; Christopher M. Glinkerman; Heather J. Kulik; Jing-Ke Weng
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Biosynthesis of tetrahydropapaverine and semisynthesis of papaverine in yeast

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-08-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0027-8424
Part of ISSN: 1091-6490
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim
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Mucin O-glycans are natural inhibitors of Candida albicans pathogenicity

Nature Chemical Biology
2022-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1552-4450
Part of ISSN: 1552-4469
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim
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The chloroalkaloid (−)-acutumine is biosynthesized via a Fe(II)- and 2-oxoglutarate-dependent halogenase in Menispermaceae plants

Nature Communications
2020-04-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim; Andrew J. Mitchell; Christopher M. Glinkerman; Fu-Shuang Li; Tomáš Pluskal; Jing-Ke Weng
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Improved single-swab sample preparation for recovering bacterial and phage DNA from human skin and wound microbiomes

BMC Microbiology
2019-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2180
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Colin Y. Kim

Chromosomal-level genome assembly of Menispermum canadense sheds light on the evolutionary origin of dechloroacutumine halogenase from a flavonol synthase progenitor

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT
Working paper | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim; David W. Kastner; Andrew J. Mitchell; Michael A. Gutierrez; Jocelyn S. Yao; Edwin N. Neumann; Heather J. Kulik; Jing-Ke Weng
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Investigating acutumine biosynthesis in hairy root cultures of Menispermum canadense

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT
Working paper | Writing - original draft
Contributors: Colin Y. Kim; Thiti Suttiyut; Yulin Sun; Alexandra A. Kash; Joshua R. Widhalm; Jing-Ke Weng
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Peer review (5 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Nature chemical biology. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (1)
Review activity for Plant cell reports. (3)