The bluish-green glow is attributed to a luciferase, an oxidative enzyme, which emits light as it reacts with a luciferin.
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The systematic name of this enzyme class is "'3'- phosphoadenylyl-sulfate : Renilla luciferin sulfotransferase " '.
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L-luciferin is able to emit a weak light even though it is a competitive inhibitor of D-luciferin and the bioluminescence pathway.
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L-luciferin is able to emit a weak light even though it is a competitive inhibitor of D-luciferin and the bioluminescence pathway.
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The systematic name of this enzyme class is "'Cypridina-luciferin : oxygen 2-oxidoreductase ( decarboxylating ) " '.
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The systematic name of this enzyme class is "'Renilla-luciferin : oxygen 2-oxidoreductase ( decarboxylating ) " '.
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The systematic name of this enzyme class is "'Watasenia-luciferin : oxygen 2-oxidoreductase ( decarboxylating ) " '.
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This crustacean has a similar, but not identical, luciferin compound which can apparently function in the photophores of the fish, as well.
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Luciferase creates light in combination with oxygen, a molecule called luciferin and adenosine triphosphate ( ATP ), a substance found in all living cells.
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D-luciferin is the substrate for firefly luciferase s bioluminescence reaction, while L-luciferin is the substrate for luciferyl-CoA synthetase activity.
