Protein structure and bioluminescent spectra for firefly bioluminescence

Luminescence

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 321-330

  Ugarova, N N ^a   Brovko, L Y ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

ATP fireflies bioluminescence spectra protein structure mutation of amino acid residues; Bioluminescence; Luciferase; Luciferin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); POLARIZATION;

AMINO ACID RESIDUES; ATP FIREFLY BIOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM PROTEIN STRUCTURE MUTATION OF AMINO ACID RESIDUE; BIOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; POLARIZABILITIES; PROTEINS STRUCTURES; RED SHIFT; SPECTRA'S; SPECTRAL SHIFT;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE;

INSECT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BEETLES; INSECT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0036726517     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bio.688     Document Type: Review

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