A Comprehensive Exploration of Bioluminescence Systems, Mechanisms, and Advanced Assays for Versatile Applications

Table 3

Commercially available luciferase genes and their properties.

	Name of luciferin	Gene symbol	Organism	I max (nm)	Mass (kDa)
Nonsecretion type	Coelenterazine	Rluc	Sea pansy	480	36	[93]
	Firefly luciferin	CBGluc	Click beetle (Jamaica)	537	60	[94]
	Firefly luciferin	ELuc	Click beetle (Brazil)	538	61	[95]
	Firefly luciferin	SLG	Click beetle (Japan)	550	60	[96]
	Firefly luciferin	Luc(+), luc2	Firefly	562	61	[97]
	Firefly luciferin	SLO	Click beetle (Japan)	580	60	[94]
	Firefly luciferin	CBRluc	Click beetle (Jamaica)	613	60	[98]
	Firefly luciferin	SLR	Railroad-worm	630	61	[99]
Secretion type	Cypridinid luciferin	CLuc	Sea firefly (Ostracod)	465	61	[100]
	Coelenterazine	Gluc	Copepoda	480	20	[101]
	Coelenterazine	MetLuc	Copepoda	480	24	[102]