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Aequorin is a calcium-activated
photoprotein isolated from the
hydrozoan Aequorea victoria. Its
bioluminescence was
studied decades before the protein...
- west
coast of
North America. The
species is best
known as the
source of
aequorin (a photoprotein), and
green fluorescent protein (GFP); two
proteins involved...
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protein aequorin from
thousands of
jellyfish until they
gathered enough for a full
analysis of the protein. It was
through the
study of
aequorin that Shimomura...
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cofactors may be required, such as
calcium (Ca2+) for the
photoprotein aequorin, or
magnesium (Mg2+) ions and ATP for the
firefly luciferase. Generically...
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proportional to the
amount of the photoprotein. For example, the
photoprotein aequorin produces a
flash of
light when
luciferin and
calcium are added, rather...
- the 1960s and 1970s, GFP,
along with the
separate luminescent protein aequorin (an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
breakdown of luciferin,
releasing light)...
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domain – InterPro: IPR000261
Aequorin is a
calcium binding protein (CaBP)
isolated from the
cnidarian Aequorea victoria.
Aequorin belongs to the EF-hand family...
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known for his work to
clone and
sequence the
genes for the
photoprotein aequorin and
green fluorescent protein (GFP) and for his
proposal to use GFP as...
- chaetognaths, fish, and shrimp. It is the
prosthetic group in the
protein aequorin responsible for the blue
light emission.
Dinoflagellate luciferin is a...
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occurs when a
secondary substrate is
added to the bio****ay (luxAB, Luc, and
aequorin). For
other bioreporters, the
signal must be
activated by an
external light...
