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JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY
Volume 125, Issue -, Pages 131-136Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2013.05.015
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Benthosema pterotum luciferase; Enzyme purification; Bioluminescence; Persian Gulf
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- Tarbiat Modares University
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A novel luciferase from Benthosema pterotum, collected from Port of Jask, close to Persian Gulf, was purified for the first time, using Q-Sepharose anion exchange chromatography. The molecular mass of the novel enzyme, measured by SDS-PAGE technique, was about 27 kDa and its K-m value is 0.4 mu M; both values are similar to those of other coelenterazine luciferases. B. pterotum (BP) luciferase showed maximum intensity of emitted light at 40 degrees C, in 20 mM Tris buffer, pH 9 and 20 mM magnesium concentration. Experimental measurements indicated that BP luciferase is a relatively thermostable enzyme; furthermore it shows a high residual activity at extreme pH values. Its biological activity is strongly inhibited by 1 mM Cu2+, Zn2+ and Ni2+, while calcium and mainly magnesium ions strongly increase BP luciferase activity. The B. pterotum luciferase generated blue light with a maximum emission wavelength at 475 nm and showed some similarity with other luciferases, while other parameters appeared quite different, in this way, confirming that a novel protein has been purified. (C) 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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