Review Article
A Comprehensive Exploration of Bioluminescence Systems, Mechanisms, and Advanced Assays for Versatile Applications
Table 1
Molecular structures of the known nine natural luciferins.
| | Luciferin name | Discovery | Luciferin structure |
| | D-Luciferin | McElroy 1957 | |
| | Cypridina luciferin | Shimomura 1957 | |
| | Bacterial luciferin | Cormier 1963 | |
| | Latia luciferin | Shimomura 1968 | |
| | Coelenterazine | Inoue 1976 | |
| | Diplocardia luciferin | Ohtsuka 1976 | |
| | X = OH rill luciferin | Nakamura 1989 | | | X = H dinoflagellate luciferin |
| | Fridericia heliota luciferin | Petushkov, Yampolsky 2014 | |
| | Fungal luciferin | Purtov, Yampolsky 2015 | |
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