Inspired by these elegant natural mechanisms, the research team developed a reporter molecule based on firefly luciferase (FLuc) that operates in a similar manner. Luciferase is a bioluminescence ...

Luciferin is the compound that generates light, and luciferase is the enzyme that acts on it. Today, we know that the firefly's bioluminescent reaction plays out like this. A firefly diverts ...

He extracted two components from beetle abdomens, naming the substrate luciferine and the enzyme responsible for the reaction luciferase. 2 Not all bioluminescent marine organism systems can be used ...

“We tried firefly luciferase first, and it was very hard to do the conjugation,” says Rao. “The reason was probably that the firefly luciferase is very fragile and sensitive to any chemical ...

The firefly can control the chemical reaction by adding oxygen to the light-emitting organ in its body. The oxygen reacts ...