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  • Branchini, B.R.; Southworth, T.L.; Fontaine, D.M.; Murtiashaw, M.H.; McGurk, A.; Talukder, M.H.; Qureshi, R.; Yetil, D.; Sundlov, J.A.; Gulick, A.M.
    Cloning of the orange light-producing luciferase from Photinus scintillans - a new proposal on how bioluminescence color is determined (2017), Photochem. Photobiol., 93, 479-485 .
    View publication on PubMed

Cloned(Commentary)

EC Number Cloned (Comment) Organism
1.13.12.7 gene luc, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparisons of Photinus pyralis and Photinus scintillans luciferases, the single conservative amino acid change tyrosine to phenylalanine at position 255 accounts for the entire emission color difference, recombinant expression of GST-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes in Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) pLysS, recombinant Luc contains the N-terminal peptide GlyProLeuGlySer- Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 gene luc, DNA and amino acid sequence determination and analysis, sequence comparisons of Photinus pyralis and Photinus scintillans luciferases, the single conservative amino acid change tyrosine to phenylalanine at position 255 accounts for the entire emission color difference, recombinant expression of GST-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes in Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) pLysS, recombinant Luc contains the N-terminal peptide GlyProLeuGlySer- Photinus scintillans

Protein Variants

EC Number Protein Variants Comment Organism
1.13.12.7 E311Q site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant shows 65% specific activity compared to the wild-type Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 F255Y site-directed mutagenesis, the single change Y255F is necessary and sufficient for a 13 nm redshift in bioluminescence Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 additional information Photinus scintillans luciferases PsnWT is significantly more resistant to long wavelength emission shifts than Photinus pyralis luciferase PpyWT at pH 7.0 and pH 6.0 Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 additional information Photinus scintillans luciferases PsnWT is significantly more resistant to long wavelength emission shifts than Photinus pyralis luciferase PpyWT at pH 7.0 and pH 6.0 Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 N229T site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant shows 63% specific activity compared to the wild-type Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 R213K/T214N site-directed mutagenesis, residues K213 and/or N214 are largely responsible for the 1.55fold increase in specific activity of the variant Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 R218Q site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant shows 125% specific activity compared to the wild-type Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 R337Q site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant shows 26% specific activity compared to the wild-type Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 S284T site-directed mutagenesis, a red-emitting mutant variant, the mutant shows 25% specific activity compared to the wild-type Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 Y255F site-directed mutagenesis, the mutant shows 71% specific activity compared to the wild-type Photinus pyralis

KM Value [mM]

EC Number KM Value [mM] KM Value Maximum [mM] Substrate Comment Organism Structure
1.13.12.7 additional information
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additional information the Km value for the reaction intermediate D-firefly luciferin-AMP is 0.14 mM Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 additional information
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additional information the Km value for the reaction intermediate D-firefly luciferin-AMP is 0.24 mM Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 0.014
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D-firefly luciferin pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant mutant Y255F Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 0.015
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D-firefly luciferin pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant mutant F255Y Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 0.015
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D-firefly luciferin pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant wild-type enzyme Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 0.019
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D-firefly luciferin pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant wild-type enzyme Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 0.024
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D-firefly luciferin pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant mutant R213K/T214N Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 0.08
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ATP pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant mutant Y255F Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 0.086
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ATP pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant wild-type enzyme Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 0.126
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ATP pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant mutant R213K/T214N Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 0.135
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ATP pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant wild-type enzyme Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 0.159
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ATP pH 7.8, 22°C, recombinant mutant F255Y Photinus scintillans

Natural Substrates/ Products (Substrates)

EC Number Natural Substrates Organism Comment (Nat. Sub.) Natural Products Comment (Nat. Pro.) Rev. Reac.
1.13.12.7 D-firefly luciferin + O2 + ATP Photinus pyralis
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firefly oxyluciferin + CO2 + AMP + diphosphate + hv
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?
1.13.12.7 D-firefly luciferin + O2 + ATP Photinus scintillans
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firefly oxyluciferin + CO2 + AMP + diphosphate + hv
-
?

Organism

EC Number Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
1.13.12.7 Photinus pyralis P08659
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1.13.12.7 Photinus scintillans A0A1B3TNR9
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-

Purification (Commentary)

EC Number Purification (Comment) Organism
1.13.12.7 recombinant GST-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes from Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) pLysS by glutathione affinity chromatography Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 recombinant GST-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes from Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) pLysS by glutathione affinity chromatography Photinus scintillans

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

EC Number Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
1.13.12.7 D-firefly luciferin + O2 + ATP
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Photinus pyralis firefly oxyluciferin + CO2 + AMP + diphosphate + hv
-
?
1.13.12.7 D-firefly luciferin + O2 + ATP
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Photinus scintillans firefly oxyluciferin + CO2 + AMP + diphosphate + hv
-
?
1.13.12.7 additional information analysis of reaction parameters, detailed overview Photinus pyralis ?
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?
1.13.12.7 additional information analysis of reaction parameters, detailed overview Photinus scintillans ?
-
?

Synonyms

EC Number Synonyms Comment Organism
1.13.12.7 firefly luciferase
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Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 Luc
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Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 Luc
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Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 luciferase
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Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 luciferase
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Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 orange light-producing luciferase
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Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 PpyWT
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Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 PsntWT
-
Photinus scintillans

Temperature Optimum [°C]

EC Number Temperature Optimum [°C] Temperature Optimum Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
1.13.12.7 22
-
-
Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 22
-
-
Photinus scintillans

Temperature Stability [°C]

EC Number Temperature Stability Minimum [°C] Temperature Stability Maximum [°C] Comment Organism
1.13.12.7 37
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thermal inactivation of purified recombinant wild-type enzyme at pH 7.4 after 240 min Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 37
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thermal inactivation of purified recombinant wild-type enzyme at pH 7.4 after 47 min Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 42
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thermal inactivation of purified recombinant wild-type enzyme at pH 7.4 after 50 s Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 42
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thermal inactivation of purified recombinant wild-type enzyme at pH 7.4 after 61 s Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 45
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thermal inactivation of purified recombinant wild-type enzyme at pH 7.4 after 25 s Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 45
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thermal inactivation of purified recombinant wild-type enzyme at pH 7.4 after 40 s Photinus scintillans

pH Optimum

EC Number pH Optimum Minimum pH Optimum Maximum Comment Organism
1.13.12.7 7.8
-
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Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 7.8
-
-
Photinus scintillans

Cofactor

EC Number Cofactor Comment Organism Structure
1.13.12.7 ATP
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Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 ATP
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Photinus scintillans

General Information

EC Number General Information Comment Organism
1.13.12.7 malfunction the single conservative amino acid change tyrosine to phenylalanine at position 255 accounts for the entire emission color difference Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 malfunction the single conservative amino acid change tyrosine to phenylalanine at position 255 accounts for the entire emission color difference Photinus scintillans
1.13.12.7 physiological function beetle bioluminescence is the result of two half-reactions catalyzed by a luciferase (Luc) in which the substrate D-firefly luciferin is converted into the corresponding adenylate D-firefly luciferin-AMP, followed by a multistep oxidative process that produces light via a single electron transfer process. Among the Lampyridae, one of the three families of bioluminescent beetles, light emission typically ranges from green to yellow-green in color having emission maxima (lambdamax) of about 548-568 nm Photinus pyralis
1.13.12.7 physiological function beetle bioluminescence is the result of two half-reactions catalyzed by a luciferase (Luc) in which the substrate D-firefly luciferin is converted into the corresponding adenylate D-firefly luciferin-AMP, followed by a multistep oxidative process that produces light via a single electron transfer process. Among the Lampyridae, one of the three families of bioluminescent beetles, light emission typically ranges from green to yellow-green in color having emission maxima (lambdamax) of about 548-568 nm Photinus scintillans