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Mechanism and color modulation of fungal bioluminescence

Overview of attention for article published in Science Advances, April 2017
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Title
Mechanism and color modulation of fungal bioluminescence
Published in
Science Advances, April 2017
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1602847
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Authors

Zinaida M Kaskova, Felipe A Dörr, Valentin N Petushkov, Konstantin V Purtov, Aleksandra S Tsarkova, Natalja S Rodionova, Konstantin S Mineev, Elena B Guglya, Alexey Kotlobay, Nadezhda S Baleeva, Mikhail S Baranov, Alexander S Arseniev, Josef I Gitelson, Sergey Lukyanov, Yoshiki Suzuki, Shusei Kanie, Ernani Pinto, Paolo Di Mascio, Hans E Waldenmaier, Tatiana A Pereira, Rodrigo P Carvalho, Anderson G Oliveira, Yuichi Oba, Erick L Bastos, Cassius V Stevani, Ilia V Yampolsky

Abstract

Bioluminescent fungi are spread throughout the globe, but details on their mechanism of light emission are still scarce. Usually, the process involves three key components: an oxidizable luciferin substrate, a luciferase enzyme, and a light emitter, typically oxidized luciferin, and called oxyluciferin. We report the structure of fungal oxyluciferin, investigate the mechanism of fungal bioluminescence, and describe the use of simple synthetic α-pyrones as luciferins to produce multicolor enzymatic chemiluminescence. A high-energy endoperoxide is proposed as an intermediate of the oxidation of the native luciferin to the oxyluciferin, which is a pyruvic acid adduct of caffeic acid. Luciferase promiscuity allows the use of simple α-pyrones as chemiluminescent substrates.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 223 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 40 18%
Student > Bachelor 35 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 34 15%
Student > Master 27 12%
Student > Postgraduate 11 5%
Other 34 15%
Unknown 46 20%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 51 22%
Chemistry 43 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 42 19%
Engineering 6 3%
Environmental Science 5 2%
Other 25 11%
Unknown 55 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 403. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2023.
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#74,736
of 25,578,098 outputs
Outputs from Science Advances
#817
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Outputs of similar age
#1,755
of 324,053 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science Advances
#12
of 201 outputs
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