| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| esperanto | luciferino |
| ranska | luciférine |
| suomi | lusiferiini |
| Monikko | luciferins |
(biochemistry) Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process.
Space-filling model of firefly luciferin (color coding: black=carbon, white=hydrogen, blue=nitrogen, red=oxygen, yellow=sulfur)
(biochemistry) Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process.
This structure of firefly luciferin is reversed (left to right) from the space-filling model shown above
(biochemistry) Any of a class of polycyclic heterocycles that are responsible for the bioluminescence of fireflies, being converted to oxyluciferin by luciferase in the process.
Bacterial luciferin (flavin mononucleotide)