The elusive relationship between structure and colour emission in beetle luciferases

C Carrasco-Lopez, NM Lui, S Schramm… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
In beetles, luciferase enzymes catalyse the conversion of chemical energy into light through
bioluminescence. The principles of this process have become a fundamental …

Bioenergetic heterogeneity in Mycobacterium tuberculosis residing in different subcellular niches

AK Akela, A Kumar - mbio, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT ATP/ADP depicts the bioenergetic state of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).
However, the metabolic state of Mtb during infection remains poorly defined due to the …

Hybrid beetle luciferases derived from firefly luciferases and murine medium-chain fatty acyl-CoA synthetases for in vivo imaging

JA Long - 2021 - orca.cardiff.ac.uk
The firefly luciferase (Fluc) bioluminescence system has been widely studied and used by
biomedical researchers for in vitro assays as well as a wide variety of optical imaging …