Luciferase of the Japanese syllid polychaete Odontosyllis umdecimdonta
D. T. Schultz, A. A. Kotlobay, R. Ziganshin, A. Bannikov, N. M. Markina, T. V. Chepurnyh, E. S. Shakhova, K. Palkina, S. H. Haddock, I. V. Yampolsky, Y. Oba
This paper identifies and characterizes the luciferase protein from the Japanese syllid polychaete Odontosyllis undecimdonta, showing it is evolutionarily unique and does not require cofactors or exogenous luciferin.
bioRxiv · May 24, 2018Biochemistry