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Organic Chemicals > Luciferins

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Luciferins  

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Definition

  • Organic substances found in organisms that generate BIOLUMINESCENCE such as FIREFLY LUCIFERIN that produces light when oxidized to the excited oxyluciferin by the action of the enzyme LUCIFERASE.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BMQCX6XX-4

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