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Sung-Hou Kim is a pioneering structural biologist whose research has centered on the structural genomics of minimal genomes, particularly those of the human pathogens *Mycoplasma pneumoniae* and *Mycoplasma genitalium*. As a key contributor to the Berkeley Structural Genomics Center (BSGC), Kim has focused on determining the three-dimensional crystal structures of proteins from these organisms to infer their biological functions. His major contributions include solving the crystal structure of a novel single-stranded DNA binding protein from *M. pneumoniae* (2007, 8 citations), which is critical for understanding DNA replication and repair in these bacteria with the smallest known genomes. He also determined the structure of the conserved hypothetical protein MPN330 (2004, 4 citations), demonstrating how structural genomics can assign function to previously uncharacterized proteins. While his citation counts are modest, Kim’s work is foundational for understanding the molecular basis of pathogenicity in mycoplasmas, which are associated with human diseases such as primary atypical pneumonia and immune system conditions. His research exemplifies the power of structural biology in decoding the proteomes of minimal organisms.
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