Stereoisomeric bio-inversion key to biosynthesis of firefly d-luciferin

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5283-5287

  Niwa, Kazuki ^a,b   Nakamura, Mitsuhiro ^c   Ohmiya, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Biosynthesis; Enantiomer; Firefly; Luciferase; Luciferin

Indexed keywords

FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENANTIOMER; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FIREFLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; FIREFLIES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33748761167     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.073     Document Type: Article

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