Thr226 is a key residue for bioluminescence spectra determination in beetle luciferases

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 280, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1286-1291

  Viviani, Vadim ^a,b   Uchida, A ^a   Suenaga, N ^a   Ryufuku, M ^a   Ohmiya, Y ^a,c  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OSAKA NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Click beetles; Fireflies; Luciferases; Mutagenesis; PH sensitivity; Railroadworms

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WORM;

COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; LAMPYRIDAE; PHENGODIDAE; PHRIXOTHRIX HIRTUS; PYREARINUS TERMITILLUMINANS; PYROCOELIA MIYAKO;

EID: 0034811558     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4254     Document Type: Article

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