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Source of oxygen in the CO(2) produced in the bioluminescent oxidation of firefly luciferin

Incorporation of (18)O into the CO(2) produced in the bioluminescent oxidation of firefly luciferin was studied. In H(2)(16)O medium with (18)O(2) gas, the product CO(2) contained up to 75% C(16)O(18)O, showing that one O of the product CO(2) arose from the O(2) that oxidized luciferin. This result...

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Main Authors: Shimomura, Osamu, Goto, Toshio, Johnson, Frank H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1977
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC431296/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16592418
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