• 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