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Luciferin (from
Latin lucifer 'light-bearer') is a
generic term for the light-emitting
compound found in
organisms that
generate bioluminescence. Luciferins...
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Firefly luciferin (also
known as
beetle luciferin) is the
luciferin, or light-emitting compound, used for the
firefly (Lampyridae),
railroad worm (Phengodidae)...
- photoprotein. The name was
first used by Raphaël
Dubois who
invented the
words luciferin and luciferase, for the
substrate and enzyme, respectively. Both words...
- and an enzyme,
generally called luciferin and luciferase, respectively.
Because these are
generic names,
luciferins and
luciferases are
often distinguished...
- luciferase, an
oxidative enzyme,
which emits light as it
reacts with a
luciferin. The
phenomenon has been
known since ancient times, with its
source determined...
- Vargulin, also
called Cypridinid luciferin,
Cypridina luciferin, or
Vargula luciferin, is the
luciferin found in the
ostracod Cypridina hilgendorfii, also...
- Renilla-
luciferin 2-monooxygenase EC 1.13.12.5 Cypridina-
luciferin 2-monooxygenase EC 1.13.12.6
Firefly luciferase EC 1.13.12.7 Watasenia-
luciferin 2-monooxygenase...
- Renilla-
luciferin 2-monooxygenase,
Renilla luciferase, or RLuc, is a
bioluminescent enzyme found in
Renilla reniformis,
belonging to a
group of coelenterazine...
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thermolabile enzyme, and
luciferin,
which is
preserved by hot
water but is
present in
limited quantities in organisms.
Luciferin combines with luciferase...
- dinoflagellate-
luciferin:oxygen 132-oxidoreductase.
dinoflagellate luciferin + O2 ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
oxidized dinoflagellate luciferin + H2O...
