A QM/MM Study on the Initiation Reaction of Firefly Bioluminescence—Enzymatic Oxidation of Luciferin

Among all bioluminescent organisms, the firefly is the most famous, with a high luminescent efficiency of 41%, which is widely used in the fields of biotechnology, biomedicine and so on. The entire bioluminescence (BL) process involves a series of complicated in-vivo chemical reactions. The BL is in...

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Main Authors: Mohan Yu, Yajun Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/26/14/4222