- Spectroscopic studies of the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence with amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin.
Spectroscopic studies of the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence with amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin.
Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology (2012-06-16)
Takashi Hirano, Hiroyuki Nagai, Takuto Matsuhashi, Yosuke Hasumi, Satoshi Iwano, Kazuto Ito, Shojiro Maki, Haruki Niwa, Vadim R Viviani
PMID22699416
ABSTRACT
Spectroscopic properties of amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin were investigated to confirm the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence. Fluorescence solvatochromic character of aminooxyluciferin analogs indicates that the bioluminescence of aminoluciferin is useful for evaluating the polarity of a luciferase active site.