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Typically, luciferases produce light through a high energy complex with a luciferin cofactor, and Mg-ATP. The structure of luciferin is different from organism to organism, and in ''L. polyedrum'', is a chlorophyll-derived open-tetrapyrrole. Below is the dinoflagellate luciferase reaction, showing the oxidation site.
Typically, luciferases produce light through a high energy complex with a luciferin cofactor, and Mg-ATP. The structure of luciferin is different from organism to organism, and in ''L. polyedrum'', is a chlorophyll-derived open-tetrapyrrole. Below is the dinoflagellate luciferase reaction, showing the oxidation site.
[[Image:Luciferase_reaction.jpg]]
[[Image:Luciferase_reaction.jpg]]


''Image courtesy of L. Wayne Schultz.''
''Image courtesy of L. Wayne Schultz.''


== References ==
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