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light production using different luciferases in a
variety of light-emitting reactions. The
majority of
studied luciferases have been
found in animals, including...
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requirement of ATP,
firefly luciferases have been used
extensively in biotechnology. The
chemical reaction catalyzed by
firefly luciferase takes place in two steps:...
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called luciferin and an enzyme,
called luciferase.
Because these are
generic names,
luciferins and
luciferases are
often distinguished by the species...
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luciferases and photoproteins.
Luciferins are a
class of small-molecule
substrates that
react with
oxygen in the
presence of a
luciferase (an enzyme)...
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eight phyla. It is the
substrate of many
luciferases such as
Renilla reniformis luciferase (Rluc),
Gaussia luciferase (Gluc), and photoproteins, including...
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gracilirostris [2],
belonging to a
group of
coelenterazine luciferases.
Unlike other luciferases, it has a
broader substrate specificity [3,4,6] and can...
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their existing applications.
Luciferase is a
generic name for an
enzyme that
catalyzes a light-emitting reaction.
Luciferases can be
found in bacteria, algae...
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while the pair on
their head can glow red; this is due to
different luciferases in
their bodies, as the
reaction substrate,
called luciferin, is the...
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exhibit the
usual luciferin-
luciferase reaction.
Photoproteins do not
display typical enzyme kinetics as seen in
luciferases. Instead, when
mixed with luciferin...
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Dinoflagellate luciferase (EC 1.13.12.18,
Gonyaulax luciferase) is a
specific luciferase, an
enzyme with
systematic name dinoflagellate-luciferin:oxygen...
