Luciferin Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Luciferin is a pigment found in organisms capable of bioluminescence, like fireflies, deep sea fish and microbes.Luciferin is oxidised in the presence of the enzyme luciferase to produce oxyluciferin and energy in the form of light.
Not all luciferins and luciferases are identical molecules. At least five main types exist:
- Firefly luciferin - requires ATP - found in fireflies
- Bacterial luciferin - riboflavin phosphate - found in bacteria, and some squids and fish
- Dinoflagellate luciferin - a chlorophyll derivitave - found in dinoflaggelates (a type of marine plankton) and euphesiid shrimp
- Vargulin - found in ostracods and Poricthys
- Coelenterazine - found in radiolarians, ctenophores, cnidarians, squid, copepods, chaetognaths, fish and shrimp
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Major Luciferin types
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