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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...
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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)...
- 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...
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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...
- Renilla-
luciferin 2-monooxygenase,
Renilla luciferase, or RLuc, is a
bioluminescent enzyme found in
Renilla reniformis,
belonging to a
group of coelenterazine...
- dinoflagellate-
luciferin:oxygen 132-oxidoreductase.
dinoflagellate luciferin + O2 ⇌{\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
oxidized dinoflagellate luciferin + H2O...
- enzymology, a Latia-
luciferin monooxygenase (demethylating) (EC 1.14.99.21) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction Latia luciferin + AH2 + 2 O2 ⇌{\displaystyle...
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different for each species, they are
given the
generic name of
luciferin.
Firefly luciferin can be
oxidized to
produce an
excited complex. Once it falls...
