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Luciferin isn't what makes jellyfish glow, that's GFP. GFP, at least, requires a specific light input to cause the glow (UV at a particular wavelength depending
by mjt0229 12y ago
Luciferin isn't what makes jellyfish glow, that's GFP. GFP, at least, requires a specific light input to cause the glow (UV at a particular wavelength depending on the molecule). I don't know about Luciferin, though.
- dnautics 12y agoluciferin makes the jellyfish glow, by creating the photon that gets transferred to (and illuminates) the GFP.
- pcrh 12y agoLuciferin is converted to a reactive intermediate by the enzyme luciferase in a reaction that uses ATP (produced by mitochondria), this intermediate reacts with O2 to produce light.
- sampo 12y agoLuciferin is what makes fireflys glow. Luciferin really produces light from chemical energy. GFP (Green Fluorescent Protein) is just fluorescent, not luminescent. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferin