Schramm, Stefan; Al-Handawi, Marieh B.; Karothu, Durga Prasad; Kurlevskaya, Anastasiya; Commins, Patrick; Mitani, Yasuo; Wu, Chun; Ohmiya, Yoshihiro; Naumov, Pance published the artcile< Mechanically Assisted Bioluminescence with Natural Luciferase>, Electric Literature of 2591-17-5, the main research area is mechanic bioluminescence luciferase; Cypridina; bioluminescence; luciferase; mechanochemistry; solvent-assisted reactions.
Mechanochem. analogs have recently been established for several enzymic reactions, but they require periodic interruption of the reaction for sampling, dissolution, and (bio)chem. anal. to monitor their progress. By applying a mechanochem. procedure to induce bioluminescence analogous to that used by the marine ostracod Cypridina (Vargula) hilgendorfii, the light emitted by a bioluminescent reaction can be used to directly monitor the progress of a mechanoenzymic reaction without sampling. Mech. treatment of Cypridina luciferase with luciferin generates bright blue light which can be readily detected and analyzed spectroscopically. This mech. assisted bioluminescence proceeds through a mechanism identical to that of bioluminescence in solution, but has higher activation energy due to being diffusion-controlled in the viscous matrix. The results suggest that luciferases could be used as light-emissive reporters of mechanoenzymic reactions.
Angewandte Chemie, International Edition published new progress about Bioluminescence. 2591-17-5 belongs to class thiazole, and the molecular formula is C11H8N2O3S2, Electric Literature of 2591-17-5.
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