Title of article
Biosynthesis of luciferin in the sea firefly, Cypridina hilgendorfii: l-tryptophan is a component in Cypridina luciferin
Author/Authors
Oba، نويسنده , , Yuichi and Kato، نويسنده , , Shin-ichi and Ojika، نويسنده , , Makoto and Inouye، نويسنده , , Satoshi، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages
4
From page
2389
To page
2392
Abstract
Feeding experiment to the marine ostracod crustacean, Cypridina (Vargula) hilgendorfii, using l-tryptophan labeled with deuterium at indole ring revealed that the labeled l-tryptophan was incorporated into Cypridina luciferin as a component and the animals were able to synthesize the luciferin in a de novo synthetic pathway.
Keywords
Bioluminescence , Isotopic labeling , Biosynthesis , ostracod , Imidazopyrazinone
Journal title
Tetrahedron Letters
Serial Year
2002
Journal title
Tetrahedron Letters
Record number
1650759
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