Computational analysis of the oxygen addition at the C4a site of reduced flavin in the bacterial luciferase bioluminescence reaction

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-122

  Wada, Naohisa ^a   Sugimoto, Tohru ^b   Watanabe, Haruo ^c   Tu, Shiao Chun ^d  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dainabot Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

LUCIFERASE; OXYGEN; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA; FLAVINS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033163510     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb01957.x     Document Type: Article

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