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oxyluciferin Biochem.|ɒksɪl(j)uːˈsɪfərɪn|
[f. oxy- 2 + luciferin.]
The oxidised form of (a) luciferin produced by the action of luciferase. (Cf. the note s.v. luciferin.)
1919E. N. Harvey in Jrnl. Gen. Physiol. I. 135, I suggest also that luciferin when oxidized be designated oxyluciferin. 1953J. Ramsbottom Mushrooms & Toadstools xiv. 163 Luciferin is oxidised by luciferase in one part of a cell producing oxyluciferin which in another part is reduced again to luciferin. 1964Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. II. 351 Chromatography yields three isolated substances, two of which are active in luminescence and have been designated oxyluciferin A and oxyluciferin B. |