Biosynthesis of Firefly Luciferin in Adult Lantern: Decarboxylation of ʟ-Cysteine is a Key Step for Benzothiazole Ring Formation in Firefly Luciferin Synthesis

Title
Biosynthesis of Firefly Luciferin in Adult Lantern: Decarboxylation of ʟ-Cysteine is a Key Step for Benzothiazole Ring Formation in Firefly Luciferin Synthesis
Authors
Keywords
Luciferin, High performance liquid chromatography, Beetles, Cysteine, Biosynthesis, Stable isotopes, Luciferase, Mass spectra
Journal
PLoS One
Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages e84023
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Online
2014-01-01
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0084023

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