Scalemic natural products

S Mazzotta, V Rositano, L Senaldi, A Bernardi… - Natural Product …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to the end of 2022The area of scalemic natural products is often enigmatic from
a mechanistic standpoint, since low optical purity is observed in compounds having multiple …

Maintain the light, long-term seasonal monitoring of luminous capabilities in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis

C Coubris, L Duchatelet, J Delroisse, WS Bayaert… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The European brittle star Amphiura filiformis emits blue light, via a Renilla-like
luciferase, which depends on the dietary acquisition of coelenterazine. Questions remain …

Similar enzymatic functions in distinct bioluminescence systems: evolutionary recruitment of sulfotransferases in ostracod light organs

ES Lau, JA Goodheart, NT Anderson… - Biology …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Genes from ancient families are sometimes involved in the convergent evolutionary origins
of similar traits, even across vast phylogenetic distances. Sulfotransferases are an ancient …

New insights on expression and purification of a recombinant luciferase protein from the bioluminescence marine dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula

C Fajardo, FJ Fernández-Acero, MD Donato… - Latin american journal …, 2023 - SciELO Chile
Bioluminescence is interesting, among other reasons, for the various technological
applications that have been derived from it. Among these applications, developing …

Bioluminescence as a functional tool for visualizing and controlling neuronal activity in vivo

M Porta-de-la-Riva, LF Morales-Curiel… - …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The use of bioluminescence as a reporter for physiology in neuroscience is as old as the
discovery of the calcium-dependent photon emission of aequorin. Over the years …

Cloning and Expression Analysis of Bioluminescence Genes in Omphalotus guepiniiformis Reveal Stress-Dependent Regulation of Bioluminescence

MJ Park, E Kim, MJ Kim, Y Jang, R Ryoo, KH Ka - Mycobiology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Bioluminescence is a type of chemiluminescence that arises from a luciferase-catalyzed
oxidation reaction of luciferin. Molecular biology and comparative genomics have recently …

Predictable genetic recruitment for luciferin sulfation in the convergent evolution of bioluminescence

ES Lau, JA Goodheart, NT Anderson, VL Liu… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Determinism and contingency shape evolutionary trajectories and the extent to which
evolution is predictable depends on the relative contribution of each. However, the causes of …

Conjugated Dienoic Acid Peroxides as Substrates in Chaetopterus Bioluminescence System

RI Zagitova, KV Purtov, AS Shcheglov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biochemistry of bioluminescence of the marine parchment tubeworm Chaetopterus has
been in research focus for over a century; however, the results obtained by various groups …

New insights on expression and purification of a recombinant luciferase protein from the bioluminescence marine dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula

C Fajardo Quiñones, FJ Fernández Acero… - 2023 - rodin.uca.es
Bioluminescence is interesting, among other reasons, for the various technological
applications that have been derived from it. Among these applications, developing …