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Lots of proteins have natural fluorescence. You'll notice this if you shine blacklight in ocean water - it'll glow brightly from all of the little microorganis
by etrautmann 11y ago
Lots of proteins have natural fluorescence. You'll notice this if you shine blacklight in ocean water - it'll glow brightly from all of the little microorganisms that aren't intending to fluoresce but do so incidentally. There are also bioluminescent organisms but that's different.
- dekhn 11y agoSure, IIRC from my college chemistry classes it's mostly Trp or Try fluorescence. In this case, it's still considered fairly puzzling why the flash is so intense or what its "actual function" or whether it's protein fluorescence at all: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735983/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3735983/