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Mechanism and color modulation of fungal bioluminescence

Overview of attention for article published in Science Advances, April 2017
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26 news outlets
blogs
6 blogs
twitter
246 tweeters
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14 Facebook pages
googleplus
1 Google+ user
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1 video uploader

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206 Mendeley
Title
Mechanism and color modulation of fungal bioluminescence
Published in
Science Advances, April 2017
DOI 10.1126/sciadv.1602847
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Authors

Zinaida M. Kaskova, Felipe A. Dörr, Valentin N. Petushkov, Konstantin V. Purtov, Aleksandra S. Tsarkova, Natalja S. Rodionova, Konstantin S. Mineev, Elena B. Guglya, Alexey Kotlobay, Nadezhda S. Baleeva, Mikhail S. Baranov, Alexander S. Arseniev, Josef I. Gitelson, Sergey Lukyanov, Yoshiki Suzuki, Shusei Kanie, Ernani Pinto, Paolo Di Mascio, Hans E. Waldenmaier, Tatiana A. Pereira, Rodrigo P. Carvalho, Anderson G. Oliveira, Yuichi Oba, Erick L. Bastos, Cassius V. Stevani, Ilia V. Yampolsky

Abstract

Bioluminescent fungi are spread throughout the globe, but details on their mechanism of light emission are still scarce. Usually, the process involves three key components: an oxidizable luciferin substrate, a luciferase enzyme, and a light emitter, typically oxidized luciferin, and called oxyluciferin. We report the structure of fungal oxyluciferin, investigate the mechanism of fungal bioluminescence, and describe the use of simple synthetic α-pyrones as luciferins to produce multicolor enzymatic chemiluminescence. A high-energy endoperoxide is proposed as an intermediate of the oxidation of the native luciferin to the oxyluciferin, which is a pyruvic acid adduct of caffeic acid. Luciferase promiscuity allows the use of simple α-pyrones as chemiluminescent substrates.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 202 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 39 19%
Student > Ph. D. Student 35 17%
Student > Bachelor 34 17%
Student > Master 24 12%
Student > Postgraduate 10 5%
Other 26 13%
Unknown 38 18%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 51 25%
Chemistry 39 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 39 19%
Environmental Science 5 2%
Immunology and Microbiology 4 2%
Other 23 11%
Unknown 45 22%

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 405. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 August 2021.
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#62,606
of 23,337,345 outputs
Outputs from Science Advances
#667
of 10,155 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#1,652
of 310,723 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science Advances
#12
of 198 outputs
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