Luciferine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Luciferine is a noun meaning Alternative form of luciferin.
Meaning
Alternative form of luciferin.
Example Sentences
The following experiments were planned to secure evidence as to whether Cypridina luciferine and luciferase are proteins. In all the following experiments, luciferase solution which was not treated by HgCl, was used.
Its two basic components, the enzyme luciferase and the substrate luciferine, react with each other after activation of the latter by ATP. However, commercial preparations contain several impurities, among which residual ATP[…]
As we have seen, it was the French physiologist Raphael Dubois who first determined the presence of luciferine and luciferase in the case of the marine boring bivalve mollusc Pholas dactylus, and also in the case of a terrestrial[…]
A third substance, photophelein, is supposed to be capable of liberating luciferine from some bound condition in solutions containing luciferase. According to Harvey one part of luciferase in 1,700,000,000 parts of water will give[…]
Word Forms
- luciferines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include luciferin, oxyluciferin, oxiluciferin, noctilucin, noctilucine, luciferyl.
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