Synonyms    Luciferase-like monooxygenase, LUC, EC 1.13.12.7.

Introduction    Luciferase is a general term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence and is distinct from a photoprotein. Luciferase catalyzes a bioluminescent reaction which involves the substrate luciferin as well as Mg2+ and ATP, produces green light with a wavelength of 562 nm. Luciferase from firefly is broadly used as a reporter for studying gene regulation and function, and for pharmaceutical screening.

Description    Luciferase produced in E.Coli is a single, non-glycosylated polypeptide chain containing 571 amino acids (1-550 a.a.) and having a molecular mass of 62.9kDa.

Luciferase is fused to a 21 amino acid His-tag at N-terminus & purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques.

Source    Escherichia Coli.

Physical Appearence    Sterile filtered colorless solution.

Formulation    The Luciferase protein solution (1mg/ml) contains 20mM Tris-HCl buffer (pH-8), 1mM DTT, and 10% glycerol.

Stability    Store at 4℃ if entire vial will be used within 2-4 weeks.

Store, frozen at -20℃ for longer periods of time.

For long term storage it is recommended to add a carrier protein (0.1% HSA or BSA).

Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles.

Purity    Greater than 90.0% as determined by SDS-PAGE.

Amino Acid Sequence    MGSSHHHHHH SSGLVPRGSH MMEDAKNIKK GPAPFYPLED GTAGEQLHKA MKRYALVPGT IAFTDAHIEV DITYAEYFEM SVRLAEAMKRYGLNTNHRIV VCSENSLQFF MPVLGALFIG VAVAPANDIY NERELLNSMG ISQPTVVFVS KKGLQKILNV QKKLPIIQKI IIMDSKTDYQGFQSMYTFVT SHLPPGFNEY DFVPESFDRD KTIALIMNSS GSTGLPKGVA LPHRTACVRF SHARDPIFGN QIIPDTAILS VVPFHHGFGMFTTLGYLICG FRVVLMYRFE EELFLRSLQD YKIQSALLVP TLFSFFAKST LIDKYDLSNL HEIASGGAPL SKEVGEAVAK RFHLPGIRQGYGLTETTSAI LITPEGDDKP GAVGKVVPFF EAKVVDLDTG KTLGVNQRGE LCVRGPMIMS GYVNNPEATN ALIDKDGWLH SGDIAYWDEDEHFFIVDRLK SLIKYKGYQV APAELESILL QHPNIFDAGV AGLPDDDAGE LPAAVVVLEH GKTMTEKEIV DYVASQVTTA KKLRGGVVFVDEVPKGLTGK LDARKIREIL IKAKKGGKIA V.