Bioluminescence

Emily's Section

• Metridia luciferase - requires CBP Protein
  • Metridia luciferase link - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18754048
  • CBP link - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18264586
  • CBP amino acid sequence http://www.rsc.org/ej/PP/2008/b713109g.pdf
  • Oxyluciferin reduction - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19872330
  • Luciferin Regenerating Enzyme (LRE) - LRE (in Photinus pyralis)
  • Regeneration of Aequorin in Aequorea Aequorea jellyfish - http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v256/n5514/pdf/256236a0.pdf
  • Firefly luciferin reaction - http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ja00529a051
  • Light Emission Quanta - Spectral Emission and Quantum Yield of Firefly Bioluminescence
    • One light quantum emitted for every luciferin molecule oxidized
  • CoA stimulation - CoA in Luminescence
  • Bacterial luciferase reaction - Bacterial Luciferin

Theo's section

• Self contained part for Photorhabdus luminescens lux operon: http://partsregistry.org/Part:BBa_J70008:Design
• Firefly diagram from Emily's paper:

• Fireflow luciferin normally emits at 560nm but at higher temperatures at 630nm
• http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bi00702a015 Kinetics
• Mg2+ required
• A nice background summary: http://irishmarinelife.com/bioluminescence-symbioses/
• The guy who made the biobrick's logbook: http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Spenser_Skates/Notebook/pTKX_luciferase_biobrick/2008/04/14

Bill's section

• Conversion of normal luciferin into firefly luciferin