Coelenterates, bioluminescent

Hastings, J. W., and Morin, J. C. (1969). Calcium-triggered light emission in Renilla. A unitary biochemical scheme for coelenterate bioluminescence. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 37 493-498. 

Morin, J. G. (1974). Coelenterate bioluminescence. In Muscatine, L., and Lenhoff, H. M. (eds.), Coelenterate Biology Reviews and Perspectives, pp. 397-438. Academic Press, New York. 

Ward, W. W., and Cormier, M. J. (1979). An energy transfer protein in coelenterate bioluminescence. Characterization of the Renilla green fluorescent protein./. Biol. Chem. 254 781-788. 

Goelenterate. Coelenterates Penilla reformis (sea pansy) -cradViequoreaforskalea (jelly fish) produce bioluminescence by similar processes (223). The basic luciferin stmcture is (49) (224) and excited amide (50) is the emitter. The stmctural relationship to Varela is evident. A stmctural analogue where R = CH is active ia bioluminescence. The quantum yield is about 4% (223), with at 509 nm (56). This reaction iavolves a charge transfer between green fluorescent proteia and the excited-state coelenterate oxylucifetin. 

Other hydrozoans. Various bioluminescent coelenterates have been comparatively studied in reference to the components necessary for their in vivo luminescence (Morin and Hastings, 1971a Cormier et al., 1973 Shimomura and Johnson, 1975b, 1979b). 

Cormier, M. J., et al. (1973). Evidence for similar biochemical requirements for bioluminescence among the coelenterates. 1. Cell. Physiol. 81 291-298. 

Hart, R. C., Stempel, K. E., Boyer, P. D., and Cormier, M. J. (1978). Mechanism of the enzyme-catalyzed bioluminescent oxidation of coelenterate-type luciferin. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 81 980-986. 

Harvey, E. N. (1921). Studies on bioluminescence. XIII. Luminescence in the coelenterates. Biol. Bull. 41 280-287. 

Morin, J. G., and Hastings, J. W. (1971a). Biochemistry of the bioluminescence of colonial hydroids and other coelenterates. I. Cell. Physiol. 77 305-311. 

Morin, J. G., and Reynolds, G. T. (1972). Spectral and kinetic characteristics of bioluminescence in Pelagia noctiluca and other coelenterates. Biol. Bull. 143 470-471. 

Shimomura, O., and Johnson, F. FI. (1975b). Chemical Nature of bioluminescence systems in coelenterates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 72 1546-1549. 

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