Spectroscopic studies of the light-color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence

T Hirano, Y Hasumi, K Ohtsuka, S Maki…

文献索引：Hirano, Takashi; Hasumi, Yosuke; Ohtsuka, Kazuhiro; Maki, Shojiro; Niwa, Haruki; et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 , vol. 131, p. 2385 - 2396

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摘要

To reveal the light-color modulation mechanism of firefly (beetle) bioluminescence, we investigated the spectroscopic properties of the phenolate anion 1-O− generated from 5, 5- dimethyloxyluciferin (1-OH) using various base/solvent combinations. Phenolate anion 1-O− is a model compound for the keto form of wild-type oxyluciferin phenolate anion (OL−), which is postulated to be the emitter of the bioluminescence. The fluorescence maxima of ...