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Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences

Spectroscopic studies of the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence with amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin†

Takashi Hirano,*a   Hiroyuki Nagai,a   Takuto Matsuhashi,a   Yosuke Hasumi,a   Satoshi Iwano,a   Kazuto Ito,a   Shojiro Maki,a   Haruki Niwaa  and  Vadim R. Vivianib  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Engineering Science, Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
E-mail: hirano@pc.uec.ac.jp
Tel: +81-42-443-5489

b Laboratorio de Bioquimica e Biotecnologia de Sistemas Bioluminescentes, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus de Sorocaba (UFSCAR), Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil

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.

Graphical abstract: Spectroscopic studies of the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence with amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2PP25106J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Apr 2012
Accepted
24 May 2012
First published
28 May 2012

Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012,11, 1281-1284

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Spectroscopic studies of the color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence with amino-analogs of luciferin and oxyluciferin

T. Hirano, H. Nagai, T. Matsuhashi, Y. Hasumi, S. Iwano, K. Ito, S. Maki, H. Niwa and V. R. Viviani, Photochem. Photobiol. Sci., 2012, 11, 1281 DOI: 10.1039/C2PP25106J

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