Luciferin is a generic name for light-emitting pigments found in organisms capable of bioluminescence, like fireflies, deep-sea fish and microbes. In biology, pigment is any material resulting in color in plant or animal cells which is the result of selective absorption. ... Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism as the result of a chemical reaction during which chemical energy is converted to light energy. ... Genera Curtos Cyphonocerus Drilaster Ellychnia Hotaria Lampyris Lucidina Luciola- (Japanese fireflies) Photinus- (common eastern firefly) Photuris Pristolycus Pyractomena Pyrocoelia Stenocladius Fireflies (family Lampyridae), also known as lightningbugs, are nocturnal, luminous beetles. ... Deep sea fish is a term for fish that live below the photic zone of the ocean. ... A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is so small that it is microscopic (invisible to the naked eye). ...

Luciferin is oxidized in the presence of the enzyme luciferase to produce oxyluciferin and energy in the form of light. There are five general types of luciferins. Redox reactions include all chemical processes in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed. ... Luciferase is a generic name for enzymes commonly used in nature for bioluminescence. ... Prism splitting light Light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength that is visible to the eye (visible light) or, in a technical or scientific context, electromagnetic radiation of any wavelength. ...

Luciferins (different from the enzyme luciferase)

Firefly luciferin

Firefly luciferin

Firefly luciferin is the luciferin found in fireflies. It is the substrate of luciferin luciferase (EC 1.13.12.7) Image File history File links Fireflyluciferin. ... Image File history File links Fireflyluciferin. ... EC numbers (Enzyme Commission numbers) are a numerical classification scheme for enzymes, based on the chemical reactions they catalyze. ...

Bacterial luciferin

Bacterial luciferin is a type of luciferin found in bacteria, some squids and fishes. It consists of a long-chain aldehyde and a reduced riboflavin phosphate. Families Idiosepiidae Sepiolidae Bobtail squid are a group of cephalopods closely related to cuttlefish. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus: one of the most abundant species of fish in the world. ... An aldehyde is either a functional group consisting of a terminal carbonyl group or a compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. ... Redox reactions include all chemical processes in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state) changed. ... Riboflavin (E101), also known as vitamin B2 or vitamin G, is an easily absorbed, water-soluble micronutrient with a key role in maintaining human health. ... In inorganic chemistry, a phosphate is a salt of phosphoric acid. ...

Dinoflagellate luciferin

Dinoflagellate luciferin is a chlorophyll derivative and is found in dinoflagellates (a type of marine plankton), and a very similar type is found in some types of euphausiid shrimp. Chlorophyll is a green photosynthetic pigment found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. ... Classes Dinophyceae Noctiluciphyceae Syndiniophyceae The dinoflagellates are a large group of flagellate protists. ... [[Image:http://www. ... Photomontage of plankton organisms For the Spongebob SquarePants character, see Sheldon J. Plankton. ... Families Euphausiidae Euphausia Dana, 1852 Meganyctiphanes Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1905 Nematobrachion Calman, 1905 Nematoscelis G. O. Sars, 1883 Nyctiphanes G. O. Sars, 1883 Pseudeuphausia Hansen, 1910 Stylocheiron G. O. Sars, 1883 Tessarabrachion Hansen, 1911 Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851 Thysanopoda Latreille, 1831 Bentheuphausiidae Bentheuphausia amblyops Krill are shrimp-like marine...

Vargulin

Vargulin is found in ostracods and Poricthys. It is an imidazolopyrazine. Orders Archaeocopida (extinct) Leperditicopida (extinct) Palaeocopida (extinct) Podocopida Platycopida Myodocopida Introduction Ostracoda is a class of the Crustacea, sometimes known as the seed shrimp because of their appearance. ... Species Porichthys analis Porichthys bathoiketes Porichthys ephippiatus Porichthys greenei Porichthys kymosemeum Porichthys margaritatus Porichthys mimeticus Porichthys myriaster Porichthys notatus Porichthys oculellus Porichthys oculofrenum Porichthys pauciradiatus Porichthys plectrodon Porichthys porosissimus Porichthys queenslandiae The Midshipman fishes are the genus Porichthys of toadfishes. ...

Coelenterazine

Coelenterazine

Coelenterazine is found in radiolarians, ctenophores, cnidarians, squid, copepods, chaetognaths, fish and shrimp. It is the light-emitting molecule in the protein aequorin. Image File history File links Coelenterazine. ... Image File history File links Coelenterazine. ... Possible classes Polycystinea Acantharea Taxopodea Radiolaria are amoeboid protozoa that produce intricate mineral skeletons, typically with a central capsule dividing the cell into inner and outer portions, called endoplasm and ectoplasm. ... Classes Tentaculata Nuda Ctenophores are jellyfish-like animals commonly called comb jellies, sea gooseberries, sea walnuts, or Venus girdles. ... Classes Anthozoa - Corals and sea anemones Cubozoa - Sea wasps or box jellyfish Hydrozoa - Hydroids, hydra-like animals Scyphozoa - Jellyfish Cnidaria is a phylum containing some 10,000 species of relatively simple animals found exclusively in aquatic environments (most species are marine). ... Suborders Myopsina Oegopsina Squids are the large, diverse group of marine cephalopods popular as food in cuisines as widely separated as Korean and Italian. ... Orders Calanoida Cyclopoida Gelyelloida Harpacticoida Misophrioida Monstrilloida Mormonilloida Platycopioida Poecilostomatoida Siphonostomatoida Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. ... Classes Archisagittoidea Sagittoidea Chaetognatha is a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. ... Aequorin ribbon diagram from PDB database Aequorin is a photoprotein isolated from luminescent jellyfish (like various Aequorea species e. ...

External links

• Major Luciferin types