Luciferase Enzyme Fact Sheet
Source Organism | Species | Mass | Substrate | Wavelength | ATP Dependence |
Copepod (Crustacean) | Gaussia princeps | 20 kDa | Coelenterazine | 460 nm | No |
Ostracod (Crustacean) | Cypridina noctiluca | 62 kDa | Vargulin (Cypridina Luciferin) | 465 nm | No |
Sea Pansy | Renilla reniformis | 36 kDa | Coelenterazine | 480 nm | No |
Firefly | Photinus pyralis | 62 kDa | D-Luciferin | 560 nm | Yes |
Click Beetle | Pyrophorus plagiophthalamus | 60 kDa | D-Luciferin | Green:537nm Red: 613 nm | Yes |
References
Hayat, M. A. (2008). Cancer imaging (Vol. 2). Amsterdam: Elsevier, Academic Press.
Thorne, N., Inglese, J., & Auld, D. S. (2010). Illuminating Insights into Firefly Luciferase and Other Bioluminescent Reporters Used in Chemical Biology. Chemistry & Biology,17(6), 646-657. doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.05.012
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