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Biosynthesis of Firefly Luciferin in Adult Lantern: Decarboxylation of ʟ-Cysteine is a Key Step for Benzothiazole Ring Formation in Firefly Luciferin Synthesis

BACKGROUND: Bioluminescence in fireflies and click beetles is produced by a luciferase-luciferin reaction. The luminescence property and protein structure of firefly luciferase have been investigated, and its cDNA has been used for various assay systems. The chemical structure of firefly luciferin w...

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Autores principales: Oba, Yuichi, Yoshida, Naoki, Kanie, Shusei, Ojika, Makoto, Inouye, Satoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3877152/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24391868
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084023