Structure and spectroscopy of oxyluciferin, the light emitter of the firefly bioluminescence

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 32, 2009, Pages 11590-11605

  Naumov, Panče ^a   Ozawa, Yutaka ^a   Ohkubo, Kei ^a   Fukuzumi, Shunichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MAXIMA; ACTIVE SITE; ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BLUE EMITTER; CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUMS; CHEMICAL FORMS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CONCENTRATION RATIO; CONJUGATED ACIDS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DIANIONS; EMISSION BANDS; EMISSION SPECTRAL; ENOLATES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; GREEN REGIONS; GROUND-STATE; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; HYDROGEN-BONDED DIMERS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; LIGHT EMITTERS; NMR DATA; SOLVENT POLARITY; STEADY-STATE ABSORPTION; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE; WILD TYPES;

ABSORPTION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONS; LIGHT EMISSION; OLIGOMERS; PH EFFECTS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLVENTS;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

4 HYDROXYTHIAZOLE; HYDROGEN; LUCIFERASE; LUCIFERIN; OXYLUCIFERIN; PHENOL; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PH MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DIMERIZATION; FIREFLIES; INDOLES; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PYRAZINES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 68849087538     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja904309q     Document Type: Article

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