Dinoflagellate luciferase

Dinoflagellate luciferase
Identifiers
EC no.1.13.12.18
CAS no.303183-71-3
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Dinoflagellate luciferase (EC 1.13.12.18, Gonyaulax luciferase) is a specific luciferase, an enzyme with systematic name dinoflagellate-luciferin:oxygen 132-oxidoreductase. It catalyses a chemical reaction which releases energy in the form of a photon of light:

dinoflagellate luciferin
 
O2
H2O
 
 
 
oxidised luciferin
+ hν