Usually, the process involves three key components: an oxidizable luciferin substrate, a luciferase enzyme, and a light emitter, typically oxidized luciferin, and called oxyluciferin. We report ...

This produces oxyluciferin, a highly excited state of luciferin. In order to return to its ground state, the oxyluciferin releases the oxygen. This energy release is what produces the glowing ...

We also solved the structures of LcrLuc(WT) in complex with Mg-ATP (reactant) and with AMP and oxyluciferin (products) at 2.3 and 1.6 Å resolution, respectively. The conformations of the ...

When the two substances collide with atmospheric oxygen and energy, it produces oxyluciferin, an unstable compound that releases light as a way to "calm down" to its ground state. The fungal ...

This reaction, which is catalysed by luciferase, generates an electronically excited oxyluciferin species. The yellow-green sparks we see in the night sky are emitted when oxyluciferin relaxes ...