Luciferase

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Luciferase (PDB code 3iep)

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(2d1s)


Several organisms are bioluminescent, meaning that they produce light. Luciferase is one of the enzymes that catalyzes light emitting reactions in organisms.

References

  1. Meighen EA. Molecular biology of bacterial bioluminescence. Microbiol Rev. 1991 Mar;55(1):123-42. PMID:2030669
  2. Gould SJ, Subramani S. Firefly luciferase as a tool in molecular and cell biology. Anal Biochem. 1988 Nov 15;175(1):5-13. PMID:3072883
  3. England CG, Ehlerding EB, Cai W. NanoLuc: A Small Luciferase Is Brightening Up the Field of Bioluminescence. Bioconjug Chem. 2016 May 18;27(5):1175-1187. PMID:27045664 doi:10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.6b00112


Additional Literature

  • Marques SM, Esteves da Silva JC. Firefly bioluminescence: a mechanistic approach of luciferase catalyzed reactions. IUBMB Life. 2009 Jan;61(1):6-17. PMID:18949818 doi:10.1002/iub.134
  • Inouye S. Firefly luciferase: an adenylate-forming enzyme for multicatalytic functions. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2010 Feb;67(3):387-404. Epub 2009 Oct 27. PMID:19859663 doi:10.1007/s00018-009-0170-8

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