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Biosynthesis of luciferin in the sea firefly, Cypridina hilgendorfii: L-tryptophan is a component in Cypridina luciferin

Y Oba, S Kato, M Ojika, S Inouye

Index: Oba, Yuichi; Kato, Shin-Ichi; Ojika, Makoto; Inouye, Satoshi Tetrahedron Letters, 2002 , vol. 43, # 13 p. 2389 - 2392

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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.