Modelling

Luciferin -> Oxyluciferin + Light

• [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB5-4DMW8SM-MW&_user=1495569&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F1969&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1408726239&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000053194&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1495569&md5=8fe6960ac19bc7ca060bcb2b619ea37a Substrate-binding properties of firefly luciferase : I. Luciferin-binding site]
• [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WB5-4DMW91Y-P6&_user=1495569&_coverDate=11%2F30%2F1970&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1408724823&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000053194&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1495569&md5=6a68c874a81f70986498aa27889ad094 Substrate-binding properties of firefly luciferase : II. ATP-binding site]
• [http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112730297/PDFSTART Luciferin oxidation differential equation]

LRE

• LRE optimised at approximately pH 8.0, CHBT rate - [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6THS-42HWS1K-1JH-3&_cdi=5290&_user=1495569&_pii=S0040403901917381&_orig=search&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F1974&_sk=999849967&view=c&wchp=dGLzVzb-zSkzk&md5=dc52bf275d1d68b2f4fd681399d94119&ie=/sdarticle.pdf CHBT from oxyluciferin against time]
• [http://www.jbc.org/content/276/39/36508.full#ref-6 'Awesome' paper for LRE]
• [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T39-46RN5P2-H&_user=1495569&_coverDate=07%2F10%2F2002&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000053194&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1495569&md5=fab9d2bb78af438dac9911e11fd067d5#bbib31 Molecular cloning of LRE]

Stereoisomerism

• No-one seems to know anything...