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Jun-Kyu Byun

Visiting Assistant Professor

Chemistry & Biochemistry

Contact

  1. Email:jbyun1@swarthmore.edu
  2. Phone: (610) 328-8271
  3. Science Center 262

Research Interests:

Characterization of Aminoacyl-tRNA Trans-editing Protein

Education:

B.S., Chemistry with American Chemical Society Biochemistry Certification, Purdue University

Ph.D., Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus
 

Teaching:

CHEM 108: Topics in Biochemistry

CHEM 038: Biological Chemistry I

CHEM 038: Biological Chemistry I Lab

CHEM 032: Organic Chemistry II Lab

 

Recent Publication:

Byun JK, Vu JA, He SL, Jang JC, Musier-Forsyth K. Plant-exclusive domain of trans-editing enzyme ProXp-ala confers dimerization and enhanced tRNA binding. J Biol Chem. 2022 Jul 12;298(9):102255. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102255