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Luminescent Proteins
Medical Definition: | Proteins which are involved in the phenomenon of light emission in living systems. Included are the "enzymatic" and "non-enzymatic" types of system with or without the presence of oxygen or co-factors. |
Guide Notes: | /biosyn /physiol permitted |
Previously Indexed: | Luminescence (1966-1978),Proteins (1966-1978) |
Aequorin - A photoprotein isolated from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea. It emits visible light by an intramolecular reaction when a trace amount of calcium ion is added. The light-emitting moiety in the bioluminescence reaction is believed to be 2-amino-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine (AF-350). |
Luminescent Proteins Medical Definitions and Terms
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