Coenzyme A affects firefly luciferase luminescence because it acts as a substrate and not as an allosteric effector

FEBS Journal

Volumn 272, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 5206-5216

  Fraga, Hugo ^a,b   Fernandes, Diogo ^a,b   Fontes, Rui ^b   Esteves Da Silva, Joaquim C G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Coenzyme A; Dehydroluciferyl adenylate; Dehydroluciferyl coenzyme A; Dephospho coenzyme A; Firefly luciferase

Indexed keywords

COENZYME A; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FIREFLY; INSECT; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACETYL COENZYME A; ACYL COENZYME A; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; COENZYME A; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; KINETICS; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE;

INSECTA;

EID: 27144535390     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04895.x     Document Type: Article

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