Organic Chemistry: Current Research
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Two novel luciferin-luciferase systems: Higher fungi and earthworm Fridericia

3^rd International Conference on Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

July 17-19, 2017 Chicago, USA

Ilia V Yampolsky

Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry-RAS, Russia

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Organic Chem Curr Res

Abstract :

Hundreds of species of bioluminescent animals, fungi, protists and bacteria are known, and there are estimated to exist ~40 different chemical mechanisms underlying the generation of â�?�?Cold Lightâ�?. In all known cases, the energy required for light production is generated by the oxidation of a small organic molecule, luciferin, catalyzed by a specific enzyme, luciferase. In some cases, luciferin and luciferase form a stable functional complex termed photoprotein. To date, the structures of 9 natural luciferins are known, 2 of which were identified in 2014 and 2015. Discussed will be structure elucidation of novel luciferins, as well as experimental data and theoretical considerations concerning their light emission mechanisms.

Biography :

Email: ivyamp@ibch.ru