Q26304 · LUCI_LUCMI

Function

function

Produces green light with a wavelength of 570 nm.

Catalytic activity

Cofactor

Mg2+ (UniProtKB | Rhea| CHEBI:18420 )

Activity regulation

Inhibited by ATP analogs and sodium deoxycholate. Activated by choline-containing phospholipids.

Kinetics

KM SUBSTRATE pH TEMPERATURE[C] NOTES EVIDENCE
11.5 μMluciferin
130 μMATP

pH Dependence

Optimum pH is 7.7.

GO annotations

AspectTerm
Cellular Componentperoxisome
Molecular FunctionATP binding
Molecular Functionmagnesium ion binding
Molecular FunctionPhotinus-luciferin 4-monooxygenase (ATP-hydrolyzing) activity
Biological Processbioluminescence

Keywords

Enzyme and pathway databases

Names & Taxonomy

Protein names

  • Recommended name
    Luciferin 4-monooxygenase
  • EC number
  • Short names
    Luciferase

Organism names

  • Taxonomic identifier
  • Taxonomic lineage
    Eukaryota > Metazoa > Ecdysozoa > Arthropoda > Hexapoda > Insecta > Pterygota > Neoptera > Endopterygota > Coleoptera > Polyphaga > Elateriformia > Elateroidea > Lampyridae > Luciolinae > Luciola

Accessions

  • Primary accession
    Q26304

Subcellular Location

Keywords

PTM/Processing

Features

Showing features for chain.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
ChainPRO_00001931451-548Luciferin 4-monooxygenase

Interaction

Subunit

Homodimer.

Chemistry

Structure

Family & Domains

Features

Showing features for motif.

TypeIDPosition(s)Description
Motif546-548Microbody targeting signal

Sequence similarities

Belongs to the ATP-dependent AMP-binding enzyme family.

Family and domain databases

Sequence

  • Sequence status
    Complete
  • Length
    548
  • Mass (Da)
    60,495
  • Last updated
    1996-11-01 v1
  • Checksum
    62C8953BDFFBC423
MEMEKEENVVYGPLPFYPIEEGSAGIQLHKYMHQYAKLGAIAFSNALTGVDISYQEYFDITCRLAEAMKNFGMKPEEHIALCSENCEEFFIPVLAGLYIGVAVAPTNEIYTLRELNHSLGIAQPTIVFSSRKGLPKVLEVQKTVTCIKKIVILDSKVNFGGHDCMETFIKKHVELGFQPSSFVPIDVKNRKQHVALLMNSSGSTGLPKGVRITHEGAVTRFSHAKDPIYGNQVSPGTAILTVVPFHHGFGMFTTLGYFACGYRVVMLTKFDEELFLRTLQDYKCTSVILVPTLFAILNKSELIDKFDLSNLTEIASGGAPLAKEVGEAVARRFNLPGVRQGYGLTETTSAFIITPEGDDKPGASGKVVPLFKVKVIDLDTKKTLGVNRRGEICVKGPSLMLGYSNNPEATRETIDEEGWLHTGDIGYYDEDEHFFIVDRLKSLIKYKGYQVPPAELESVLLQHPNIFDAGVAGVPDPDAGELPGAVVVMEKGKTMTEKEIVDYVNSQVVNHKRLRGGVRFVDEVPKGLTGKIDAKVIREILKKPQAKM

Sequence databases

Nucleotide SequenceProtein SequenceMolecule TypeStatus
S61961
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
AAB26932.1
EMBL· GenBank· DDBJ
mRNA

Genome annotation databases

Similar Proteins

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