Literature summary extracted from

Fraga, H.; Fernandes, D.; Novotny, J.; Fontes, R.; Esteves da Silva, J.C.
Firefly luciferase produces hydrogen peroxide as a coproduct in dehydroluciferyl adenylate formation (2006), Chembiochem, 7, 929-935.

Metals/Ions

EC Number	Metals/Ions	Comment	Organism	Structure
1.13.12.7	Mg2+	-	Photinus pyralis

Organism

EC Number	Organism	UniProt	Comment	Textmining
1.13.12.7	Photinus pyralis	-	-	-

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number	Substrates	Comment Substrates	Organism	Products	Comment (Products)	Rev.	Reac.
1.13.12.7	D-luciferin + O2 + ATP	D-luciferin is (S)-2-[6'-hydroxy-2'-benzothiazolyl]-2-thiazoline-4-carboxylic acid (S)-2-[6-hydroxybenzothiazol-2-yl]-4,5-dihydrothiazole-4-carboxylic acid	Photinus pyralis	oxidized D-luciferin + CO2 + H2O + AMP + diphosphate + hv	-	r
1.13.12.7	D-luciferyl-AMP + O2	-	Photinus pyralis	dehydroluciferyl-AMP + H2O2	-	ir

Synonyms

EC Number	Synonyms	Comment	Organism
1.13.12.7	firefly luciferase	-	Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7	Luc	-	Photinus pyralis

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