The Mechanics of Bioluminescence
- 15 December 1944
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 30 (12), 377-382
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.30.12.377
Abstract
Previous kinetic interpretations of bioluminescence do not adequately account for the known facts. It is argued that the mechanism is really a stepwise oxidation involving dark reactions, and that energy is preserved as phosphate bond energy. Expts. with doubly purified Cypridina luciferin indicate that phosphate is released during the luminescent reaction with luciferase.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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