Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Assn1-Luciferase...

 "Hope will come to me like a firefly.
In my hour of ebony fog, 
Burning with luminosity,
From no where else but God"

- Gwendolyn Taylor Soper
The firefly emits a light in the dark of night in order to attract prey and mates. Who can forget those warm summer nights watching the sunset and waiting for the fireflies to come out. So what is it that makes the fireflies glow? 

The firefly uses  the enzyme Luciferase which uses  Magnesium or Chloride ions, ATP, and oxygen to create light.










2 comments:

  1. Luciferase is a great enzyme--I look forward to seeing what you do with it, Samantha. Have you tried working with PyMol as well?

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  2. yeah, two of the pics are from jmol, one from the ligand explorer and the others are from pymol

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