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{{Infobox enzyme
| Name = Dinoflagellate luciferase
| EC_number = 1.13.12.18
| CAS_number = 303183-71-3
| IUBMB_EC_number = 1/13/12/18
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'''[[Dinoflagellate]] luciferase''' ({{EC number|1.13.12.18}}, ''[[Gonyaulax]] luciferase'') is a specific [[luciferase]], an [[enzyme]] with system name ''dinoflagellate-luciferin:oxygen 132-oxidoreductase''.<ref>{{cite journal | title = The biological clock in <em>Gonyaulax</em> controls luciferase activity by regulating turnover |author = Dunlap, J.C. and Hastings, J.W. |journal = J. Biol. Chem. |year = 1981 |volume = 256 |pages = 10509–10518 |pmid = 7197271 |issue=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Role of a luciferin-binding protein in the circadian bioluminescent reaction of <em>Gonyaulax polyedra</em> |author = Morse, D., Pappenheimer, A.M., Jr. and Hastings, J.W. |journal = J. Biol. Chem. |year = 1989 |volume = 264 |pages = 11822–11826 |pmid = 2745419 |issue=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Cloning, sequencing and expression of dinoflagellate luciferase DNA from a marine alga, <em>Gonyaulax polyedra</em> |author = Bae, Y.M. and Hastings, J.W. |journal = Biochim. Biophys. Acta |year = 1994 |volume = 1219 |pages = 449–456 |pmid = 7918642 |issue=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = <em>Gonyaulax</em> luciferase: gene structure, protein expression, and purification from recombinant sources |author = Li, L. |journal = Methods Enzymol. |year = 2000 |volume = 305 |pages = 249–258 |pmid = 10812605}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Dinoflagellate luciferin-binding protein |author = Morse, D. and Mittag, M. |journal = Methods Enzymol. |year = 2000 |volume = 305 |pages = 258–276 |pmid = 10812606}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | title = Crystal structure of a pH-regulated luciferase catalyzing the bioluminescent oxidation of an open tetrapyrrole |author = Schultz, L.W., Liu, L., Cegielski, M. and Hastings, J.W. |journal = Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA |year = 2005 |volume = 102 |pages = 1378–1383 |pmid = 15665092 |doi=10.1073/pnas.0409335102 |pmc=547824}}</ref> This enzyme [[catalysis|catalyses]] the following [[chemical reaction]]

: ''[[dinoflagellate]]'' [[luciferin]] + O<sub>2</sub> <math>\rightleftharpoons</math> oxidized ''dinoflagellate'' luciferin + H<sub>2</sub>O + hnu

''Dinoflagellate'' luciferase is a single protein with three luciferase [[Protein domain|domains]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{MeshName|Dinoflagellate+luciferase}}

[[Category:EC 1.13.12]]