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    Luciferase is an enzyme that catalyzes bioluminescence, or the production of light, in certain organisms. It works together with luciferin, ATP, and oxygen to produce light through a reaction that occurs in a photoprotein. Luciferase is found naturally in many different types of organisms that use bioluminescence, including mushrooms, jellyfish, plankton, and fireflies. It allows these organisms to produce light without being toxic.

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    Luciferase is an enzyme that catalyzes bioluminescence, or the production of light, in certain organisms. It works together with luciferin, ATP, and oxygen to produce light through a reaction that occurs in a photoprotein. Luciferase is found naturally in many different types of organisms that use bioluminescence, including mushrooms, jellyfish, plankton, and fireflies. It allows these organisms to produce light without being toxic.

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    Matthew Falcione Mrs. Albanese Chemistry Period 5 5/15/14

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    Luciferase is an enzyme that catalyzes bioluminescence, or the production of light, in certain organisms. It works together with luciferin, ATP, and oxygen to produce light through a reaction that occurs in a photoprotein. Luciferase is found naturally in many different types of organisms that use bioluminescence, including mushrooms, jellyfish, plankton, and fireflies. It allows these organisms to produce light without being toxic.

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    Matthew Falcione

    Mrs. Albanese
    Chemistry Period 5
    5/15/14
    Luciferase
    The chemical of the week is luciferase, is a term for the enzymes that catalyzes the production of lights
    during bioluminescence. It is created naturally by a variety of organisms including mushrooms, jellyfish,
    plankton, and fireflies. Luciferase does not have a chemical formula. It is used by luciferin along with
    ATP and oxygen. Together they form a unit called a photoprotien. It is not a toxic chemical to any
    organism.

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    http://www.ebi.ac.uk/interpro/potm/2006_6/Page2.htm
    First Law of Thermodynamics. (n.d.). Hyperphysics. Retrieved May 9, 2014, from
    http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/thermo/firlaw.html
    Luciferase. (n.d.). BL Web. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://biolum.eemb.ucsb.edu/chem/
    Luciferase. (n.d.). Edinburgh Research . Retrieved May 15, 2014, from
    http://millar.bio.ed.ac.uk/lucifer.html
    Luciferase. (n.d.). RCSB . Retrieved May 15, 2014, from
    http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/101/motm.do?momID=78
    Luciferase. (n.d.). New England BioLab. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from
    https://www.neb.com/applications/cellular-analysis/reporter-systems/gaussia-luciferase

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