Daewon Kim, Ph. D. - Research Scientist

Contact Information

Division of Plant Science & Technology
202 Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
1201 E. Rollins Street, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia MO 65211
Email: kimdaew@missouri.edu, Lab phone: (573) 884-4799

Professional Experiences
Mar. 2021 – Current: Research Scientist/Academic
Division of Plant Science & Technology
University of Missouri-Columbia

Mar. 2016 – Feb. 2021: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Division of Plant Science & Technology
University of Missouri-Columbia

Mar. 2014 – Feb. 2016: Senior Researcher
Division of Applied Life Sciences,
GNU (Gyeongsang National University), Jinju, Korea

Sep. 2011 – Aug. 2012: Brain Korea 21plus program (Visiting Student)
Department of MCDB,
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Education and Training
Mar. 2006 – Feb. 2014: Integrated M.S.-Ph.D. in Division of Applied Life Sciences
GNU (Gyeongsang National University), Jinju, Korea

Feb. 2001 – Jun. 2003: Military service (ROKA)
Mar. 1999 – Aug. 2005:  B.S. in Biochemistry
GNU (Gyeongsang National University), Jinju, Korea

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS  (Impact factor: 2023) 

  1. Kim D†, Jorge L G†, Xu C, Su L, Cho S, Ahsan N, Chen D, Xu D, Bartley L, Thelen JJ* and Stacey G*. Identifying receptor kinase substrates using an 8,000 peptide kinase client library enriched for conserved phosphorylation sites. Mol. Cell. Proteomics 2024 Mar †Denotes equal contribution. Under revision. (Impact factor: 7.4)
  2. Toth K, Kim D, Cho SH, Nguyen CT, Hartanto C, Michno JM, Stec AO, Stupar RM and Stacey G. Soybean RIN4 represents a mechanistic link between plant immune and symbiotic signaling. eLife. 2023 Dec Reviewed preprint version 1 (Accepted). doi.org/10.7554/eLife.93149.1 (Impact factor: 7.7)
  3. Jorge L G†, Kim D†, Xu C, Cho S, Su L, Xu D, Bartley L, Stacey G and Thelen JJ*. Unveiling orphan receptor-like kinases in plants: novel client discovery using high-confidence library predictions in the Kinase–Client (KiC) assay. Front. Plant Sci. 2024 Apr;03; 15, 1372361. †Denotes equal contribution. (Impact factor: 5.6)
  4. Kim D†, Jeon S†, Hong J, Kim M, Kim S, Kadam U, Kim W, Chung W, Stacey G and Hong J*. The Auto-regulation of ATL2 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Plays an Important Role in the Immune Response Against Alternaria brassicicola in Arabidopsis thaliana. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024 Feb 17;25(4):2388. †Denotes equal contribution. (Impact factor: 5.6)
  5. Kim D and Stacey G. Phosphorylation-mediated Regulation of Integrin-linked Kinase 5 by Purinoreceptor P2K2. Plant Signal Behav. 2023 Dec 31;18(1):2261743. (Impact factor: 2.9)
  6. Kim D*, Yanders S*, Stacey G. Salt stress releases extracellular ATP to activate purinergic signaling and inhibit plant growth. Plant Physiol. 2023 Nov;193(3):1753-1757. *Denotes equal contribution. (Impact factor: 7.4)
  7. Kim D, Chen D, Ahsan N, Jorge GL, Thelen JJ, Stacey G. The Raf-like MAPKKK INTEGRIN-LINKED KINASE 5 regulates purinergic receptor-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 2023 Apr 20;35(5):1572-1592. (Impact factor: 11.6)
  8. Kim D, Jeon SJ, Yanders S, Park SC, Kim HS, Kim S. MYB3 plays an important role in lignin and anthocyanin biosynthesis under salt stress condition in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep. 2022 Jul;41(7):1549-1560. (Impact factor: 6.2)
  9. Cho SH, Tóth K, Kim D, Vo PH, Lin CH, Handakumbura PP, Ubach AR, Evans S, Paša-Tolić L, Stacey G. Activation of the plant mevalonate pathway by extracellular ATP. Nat Commun. 2022 Jan 21;13(1):450. (Impact factor: 16.6)
  10. Kim D, Yang J, Gu F, Park SJ, Combs J, Adam A, Mayers H, Jeon SJ, Bahk JD and Nielsen E. A temperature-sensitive FERONIA mutant allele that alters root hair growth. Plant Physiol. 2021 Mar 15;185(2):405-423. (Impact factor: 7.4)
  11. Chen C*, Kim D*, Yun HR*, Lee YM, Yogendra B, Bo Z, Kim HE, Min JH, Lee YS, Rim YG, Kim HU, Sung S, Heo JB. Nuclear import of LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 is redundantly mediated by importins α‐1, α‐2 and α‐3. Plant J. 2020 Aug;103(3):1205-1214. *Denotes equal contribution. (Impact factor: 7.2)
  12. Silveira Alves LP, Plucani do Amaral F, Kim D, Todo Bom M, Piñero Gavídia M, Silvano Teixeira C, Holthman F, de Oliveira Pedrosa F, Maltempi de Souza E, Chubatsu LS, Müller-Santos M, Stacey G. Importance of Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate Metabolism to the Ability of Herbaspirillum seropedicae To Promote Plant Growth. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2019 Mar 6;85(6):e02586-18. (Impact factor: 4.4)
  13. Chen D, Cao Y, Li H, Kim D, Ahsan N, Thelen J, Stacey G. Extracellular ATP elicits DORN1-mediated RBOHD phosphorylation to regulate stomatal aperture. Nat Commun. 2017 Dec 22;8(1):2265. (Impact factor: 16.6)
  14. Kim D, Jeon SJ, Hwang SM, Hong JC, Bahk JD. The C3H-type Zinc Finger Protein GDS1/C3H42 is a Nuclear-Speckle-Localized Protein that Is Essential for Normal Growth and Development in Arabidopsis. Plant Sci. 2016 Sep;250:141-53. (Impact factor: 5.2)
  15. Akhter S, Uddin MN, Jeong IS, Kim D, Liu XM, Bahk JD. Role of Arabidopsis AtPI4Kγ3, a type II phosphoinositide 4-kinase, in abiotic stress responses and floral transition. Plant Biotechnol J. 2016 Jan;14(1):215-30. (Impact factor: 13.8)
  16. Hwang SM*, Kim D*, Woo MS, Jeong HS, Son YS, Akhter S, Choi GJ, Bahk JD. Functional characterization of Arabidopsis HsfA6a as a heat-shock transcription factor under high salinity and dehydration conditions. Plant Cell Environ. 2014 May;37(5):1202-22. *Denotes equal contribution. (Impact factor: 7.3)
  17. Chen J, Bang WY, Lee Y, Kim S, Lee KW, Kim SW, Son YS, Kim D, Akhter S, Bahk JD. AtObgC-AtRSH1 interaction may play a vital role in stress response signal transduction in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 2014 Jan;74:176-84. (Impact factor: 6.5)
  18. Son YS, Im CH, Kim D, Bahk JD. OsRab11 and OsGAP1 are essential for the vesicle trafficking of the vacuolar H+-ATPase OsVHA-a1 under high salinity conditions. Plant Sci. 2013 Jan;198:58-71. (Impact factor: 5.2)
  19. Hwang SM, Kim D, Lee BH, Bahk JD. Arabidopsis cytoplasmic N-acetyltransferase, as the ortholog of RimL in E. coli, controls flowering time via the autonomous pathway. Plant Sci. 2009 Dec;177;593–600. (Impact factor: 5.2)
  20. Bang WY, Hata A, Jeong IS, Umeda T, Masuda T, Chen J, Yoko I, Suwastika IN, Kim D, Im CH, Lee BH, Lee Y, Lee KW, Shiina T, Bahk JD. AtObgC, a plant ortholog of bacterial Obg, is a chloroplast-targeting GTPase essential for early embryogenesis. Plant Mol. Biol. 2009 Nov;71(4-5):379-90. (Impact factor: 5.1)
  21. Bang WY, Jeong IS, Kim D, Im CH, Ji C, Hwang SM, Kim SW, Son YS, Jeong J, Shiina T, Bahk JD. Role of Arabidopsis CHL27 Protein for Photosynthesis, Chloroplast Development and Gene Expression Profiling. Plant Cell Physiol. 2008 Sep;49(9):1350-63. (Impact factor: 4.9)

Kim D; First (or co-first) author