Ryu Lab

Publications

What we have published

Selected work first, then everything else. Newest at the top of each list.

Selected publications Other publications

7 papers

Selected publications

2026

Emerging roles and regulatory mechanisms involved in glutamine metabolism

Ryu, K.W., Fung, T.S., and Thompson, C.B.

Trends Biochem Sci · July 2026

2024

Cellular ATP demand creates metabolically distinct subpopulations of mitochondria

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., et al.

Nature

2022

Development and characterization of new tools for detecting poly(ADP-ribose) in vitro and in vivo

Challa, S.*, Ryu, K.W.*, Whitaker, A.L., Abshier, J.C., Camacho, C.V., and Kraus, W.L.

eLife 11

2018

Metabolic regulation of transcription through compartmentalized NAD+ biosynthesis

Ryu, K.W., Nandu, T., Kim, J., DeBerardinis, R.J., and Kraus, W.L.

Science 360, 6389

2017

PARP-1 controls the adipogenic transcriptional program by PARylating C/EBPβ and modulating its transcriptional activity

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., and Kraus, W.L.

Mol Cell 65, 260–271

2016

Who put the "A" in ATP? Generation of ATP from ADP-ribose in the nucleus for hormone-dependent gene regulation

Ryu, K.W., and Kraus, W.L.

Mol Cell 63, 349–351

2015

New facets in the regulation of gene expression by ADP-ribosylation and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases

Ryu, K.W.*, Kim, D.S.*, and Kraus, W.L.

Chem Rev 115, 2453–2481

9 papers

Other publications

2025

Engineering mtDNA deletions by reconstituting end joining in human mitochondria

Fu, Y., Land, M., Kavlashvili, T., Cui, R., Kim, M., DeBitetto, E., Lieber, T., Ryu, K.W., Choi, E., Masilionis, I., et al.

Cell

2025

Arginine: at the crossroads of nitrogen metabolism

Fung, T.S., Ryu, K.W., and Thompson, C.B.

The EMBO Journal 1–19

2023

Lactate activates the mitochondrial electron transport chain independently of its metabolism

Cai, X., Ng, C.P., Jones, O., Fung, T.S., Ryu, K.W., Li, D., and Thompson, C.B.

Mol Cell 83, 3904–3920.e7

2021

Ribosome ADP-ribosylation inhibits translation and maintains proteostasis in cancers

Challa, S., Khulpateea, B.R., Nandu, T., Camacho, C.V., Ryu, K.W., Chen, H., Peng, Y., Lea, J.S., and Kraus, W.L.

Cell

2021

Mitochondrial NADP(H) generation is essential for proline biosynthesis

Zhu, J., Schwörer, S., Berisa, M., Kyung, Y.J., Ryu, K.W., Yi, J., Jiang, X., Cross, J.R., and Thompson, C.B.

Science 372, 968–972

2020

Functional interplay between histone H2B ADP-ribosylation and phosphorylation controls adipogenesis

Huang, D., Camacho, C.V., Setlem, R., Ryu, K.W., Parameswaran, B., Gupta, R.K., and Kraus, W.L.

Mol Cell 79, 934–949.e14

2015

Circadian oscillation of sulfiredoxin in the mitochondria

Kil, I.S., Ryu, K.W., Lee, S.K., Kim, J.Y., Chu, S.Y., Kim, J.H., Park, S., and Rhee, S.G.

Mol Cell 59, 651–663

2012

Feedback control of adrenal steroidogenesis via H2O2-dependent, reversible inactivation of peroxiredoxin III in mitochondria

Kil, I.S., Lee, S.K., Ryu, K.W., Woo, H.A., Hu, M.C., Bae, S.H., and Rhee, S.G.

Mol Cell 46, 584–594

2012

Regulation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1-dependent gene expression through promoter-directed recruitment of a nuclear NAD+ synthase

Zhang, T., Berrocal, J.G., Yao, J., DuMond, M.E., Krishnakumar, R., Ruhl, D.D., Ryu, K.W., Gamble, M.J., and Kraus, W.L.

J Biol Chem 287, 12405–12416

* co-first authorship  ·  † corresponding authorship