生物発光花火のルシフェラゼ-オキシルシフェリンシステムの電子的に興奮状態の表面の動態

Chang-ik Song1, Young Min Rhee

  • 1Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 790-784 Korea.

まとめ

の光生成には,ルシフェラーゼ酵素とその基質であるオキシルシフェリンとの複雑な相互作用が伴う. この研究は,水とタンパク質の環境の影響を受けたこれらの相互作用が,放射される光の色をどのように決定するかを明らかにしています.

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