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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...
- photoprotein. The name was
first used by Raphaël
Dubois who
invented the
words luciferin and luciferase, for the
substrate and enzyme, respectively. Both words...
- group, e.g.
firefly luciferin or
cypridina luciferin. In all
characterized cases, the
enzyme catalyzes the
oxidation of the
luciferin resulting in excited...
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published the book Time, Cells, and Aging. In 1949, he
first purified firefly luciferin,
which gives off
light after being combined with ATP,
magnesium ion, oxygen...
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Firefly luciferin (also
known as
beetle luciferin) is the
luciferin,
precursor of the light-emitting compound, used for the
firefly (Lampyridae), railroad...
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fireflies and
click beetles. The
enzyme catalyses the
oxidation of
firefly luciferin,
requiring oxygen and ATP.
Because of the
requirement of ATP, firefly...
- 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...
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different luciferases in
their bodies, as the
reaction substrate,
called luciferin, is the same. The "railroad worm" name
arises because these glowing spots...
- Renilla-
luciferin 2-monooxygenase,
Renilla luciferase, or RLuc, is a
bioluminescent enzyme found in
Renilla reniformis,
belonging to a
group of coelenterazine...
