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Hanif S, Bhat ZUH, Abbasi A, Alam MJ, Ahmad M, Shakir M. Hydrolytically stabilized 5-hydroxyisophthalate appended Tb-MOF as a twofold chemosensor for discerning detection of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol and ferric ion: Structural, topological and mechanistic sensing exploration via experimental and computational studies. Inorganica Chim Acta 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2023.121488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Al-Handawi MB, Polavaram S, Kurlevskaya A, Commins P, Schramm S, Carrasco-López C, Lui NM, Solntsev KM, Laptenok SP, Navizet I, Naumov P. Spectrochemistry of Firefly Bioluminescence. Chem Rev 2022; 122:13207-13234. [PMID: 35926147 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The chemical reactions underlying the emission of light in fireflies and other bioluminescent beetles are some of the most thoroughly studied processes by scientists worldwide. Despite these remarkable efforts, fierce academic arguments continue around even some of the most fundamental aspects of the reaction mechanism behind the beetle bioluminescence. In an attempt to reach a consensus, we made an exhaustive search of the available literature and compiled the key discoveries on the fluorescence and chemiluminescence spectrochemistry of the emitting molecule, the firefly oxyluciferin, and its chemical analogues reported over the past 50+ years. The factors that affect the light emission, including intermolecular interactions, solvent polarity, and electronic effects, were analyzed in the context of both the reaction mechanism and the different colors of light emitted by different luciferases. The collective data points toward a combined emission of multiple coexistent forms of oxyluciferin as the most probable explanation for the variation in color of the emitted light. We also highlight realistic research directions to eventually address some of the remaining questions related to firefly bioluminescence. It is our hope that this extensive compilation of data and detailed analysis will not only consolidate the existing body of knowledge on this important phenomenon but will also aid in reaching a wider consensus on some of the mechanistic details of firefly bioluminescence.
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- Marieh B Al-Handawi
- Smart Materials Lab (SML), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab (SML), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab (SML), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Smart Materials Lab (SML), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Merck KGaA, Frankfurter Strasse 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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- Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Univ. Gustave Eiffel, Univ. Paris Est Creteil, CNRS, UMR 8208, MSME, F-77454 Marne-la-Vallée, France
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- Smart Materials Lab (SML), New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.,Molecular Design Institute, Department of Chemistry, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, New York 10003, United States
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Carrasco-López C, Lui NM, Schramm S, Naumov P. The elusive relationship between structure and colour emission in beetle luciferases. Nat Rev Chem 2020; 5:4-20. [PMID: 37118106 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-00238-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In beetles, luciferase enzymes catalyse the conversion of chemical energy into light through bioluminescence. The principles of this process have become a fundamental biotechnological tool that revolutionized biological research. Different beetle species can emit different colours of light, despite using the same substrate and highly homologous luciferases. The chemical reasons for these different colours are hotly debated yet remain unresolved. This Review summarizes the structural, biochemical and spectrochemical data on beetle bioluminescence reported over the past three decades. We identify the factors that govern what colour is emitted by wild-type and mutant luciferases. This topic is controversial, but, in general, we note that green emission requires cationic residues in a specific position near the benzothiazole fragment of the emitting molecule, oxyluciferin. The commonly emitted green-yellow light can be readily changed to red by introducing a variety of individual and multiple mutations. However, complete switching of the emitted light from red to green has not been accomplished and the synergistic effects of combined mutations remain unexplored. The minor colour shifts produced by most known mutations could be important in establishing a 'mutational catalogue' to fine-tune emission of beetle luciferases, thereby expanding the scope of their applications.
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Usukura J, Hiyama M, Kurata M, Hazama Y, Qiu XP, Winnik FM, Akiyama H, Koga N. Theoretical Study of the Wavelength Selection for the Photocleavage of Coumarin-caged D-luciferin. Photochem Photobiol 2020; 96:805-814. [PMID: 31907932 DOI: 10.1111/php.13212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The equilibrium structures and optical properties of the photolabile caged luciferin, (7-diethylaminocoumarin-4-yl)methyl caged D-luciferin (DEACM-caged D-luciferin), in aqueous solution were investigated via quantum chemical calculations. The probable conformers of DEACM-caged D-luciferin were determined by potential energy curve scans and structural optimizations. We identified 40 possible conformers of DEACM-caged D-luciferin in water by comparing the Gibbs free energy of the optimized structures. Despite the difference in their structures, the conformers were similar in terms of assignments, oscillator strengths and energies of the three low-lying excited states. From the concentrations of the conformers and their oscillator strengths, we obtained a theoretical UV/Vis spectrum of DEACM-caged D-luciferin that has two main bands of shape nearly identical to the experimental UV/Vis spectrum. The absorption bands with maxima ~ 384 and 339 nm were attributed to the electronic excitations of the caged group and the luciferin moiety, respectively, by analysis of the theoretical UV/Vis spectrum. Furthermore, the analysis showed that DEACM-caged D-luciferin is excited in the caged group only by light of wavelength ranging within 400-430 nm, which is in the long-wavelength tail of the 384 nm band. This should be tested to lower damage upon photocleavage.
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- Junko Usukura
- Institute for Solid Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Gunma University, Kiryu, Japan
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- Institute for Solid Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Institute for Solid Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.,AIST-UTokyo Advanced Operando-Measurement Technology Open Innovation Laboratory (OPERANDO-OIL), Kashiwa, Japan
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- Département de Chimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan
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- Institute for Solid Physics, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.,AIST-UTokyo Advanced Operando-Measurement Technology Open Innovation Laboratory (OPERANDO-OIL), Kashiwa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Manuel de Almeida Barbosa N, Zemmouche M, Gosset P, García‐Iriepa C, Ledentu V, Navizet I, Didier P, Ferré N. pH‐Dependent Absorption Spectrum of Oxyluciferin Analogues in the Presence of Adenosine Monophosphate. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi ÉchelleMSME UMR 8208 CNRS, UPEM 5 bd Descartes 77454 Marne-la-Vallée France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRSLaboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies UMR 7021 67034 Strasbourg France
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi ÉchelleMSME UMR 8208 CNRS, UPEM 5 bd Descartes 77454 Marne-la-Vallée France
- Departmento de Química Analítica, Química Física e Ingeniería QuímicaUniversidad de Alcalá, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600 28871 Alcalá de Henares Spain
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi ÉchelleMSME UMR 8208 CNRS, UPEM 5 bd Descartes 77454 Marne-la-Vallée France
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- Université de Strasbourg, CNRSLaboratoire de Bioimagerie et Pathologies UMR 7021 67034 Strasbourg France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, ICR 13013 Marseille France
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Chung S, Choi SM, Rhee YM. Exploring the Possibility of Excited State Keto‐Enolate Transformation of the Oxyluciferin‐Luciferase Complex with QM/MM Free Energy Simulations. CHEMPHOTOCHEM 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/cptc.201900114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Seyoung Chung
- Department of ChemistryPohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang 37673 Korea
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- Department of ChemistryPohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang 37673 Korea
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- Department of ChemistryKorea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Daejeon 34141 Korea
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Saleh N, Suwaid ARB, Alhalabi A, Abuibaid AZA, Maltsev OV, Hintermann L, Naumov P. Bioinspired Molecular Lantern: Tuning the Firefly Oxyluciferin Emission with Host-Guest Chemistry. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:7671-80. [PMID: 27442808 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b06557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Fireflies generate flashes of visible light via luciferase-catalyzed chemiexcitation of the substrate (luciferin) to the first excited state of the emitter (oxyluciferin). Microenvironment effects are often invoked to explain the effects of the luciferase active pocket on the emission; however, the exceedingly complex spectrochemistry and synthetic burdens have precluded elucidation of the nature of these interactions. To decipher the effects of microenvironment on the light emission, here the hydrophobic interior of cucurbit[7]uril (CB7) is used to mimic the nonpolar active pocket of luciferase. The hydrophobic interior of CB7 induces shifts of the ground-state pKas by 1.9-2.5 units to higher values. Upon sequestration, the emission maxima of neutral firefly oxyluciferin and its conjugate monodeprotonated base are blue-shifted by 40 and 39 nm, respectively, resulting in visual color changes of the emitted light.
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- Na'il Saleh
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University , P. O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University , P. O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University , P. O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University , P. O. Box 15551, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Department Chemie, Technische Universität München , Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- New York University Abu Dhabi , P. O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Ghose A, Rebarz M, Maltsev OV, Hintermann L, Ruckebusch C, Fron E, Hofkens J, Mély Y, Naumov P, Sliwa M, Didier P. Emission Properties of Oxyluciferin and Its Derivatives in Water: Revealing the Nature of the Emissive Species in Firefly Bioluminescence. J Phys Chem B 2014; 119:2638-49. [DOI: 10.1021/jp508905m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Avisek Ghose
- Laboratoire
de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, UMR 7213 du CNRS, Faculté
de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de
Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR), CNRS UMR 8516/Université
Lille Nord de France, Université Lille1 − Sciences et
Technologies/Chemistry Department, bât C5/59655 Villeneuve d′Ascq
Cedex, France
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- Department
Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Department
Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
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- Laboratoire de
Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR), CNRS UMR 8516/Université
Lille Nord de France, Université Lille1 − Sciences et
Technologies/Chemistry Department, bât C5/59655 Villeneuve d′Ascq
Cedex, France
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- Laboratory
of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory
of Photochemistry and Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, 3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratoire
de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, UMR 7213 du CNRS, Faculté
de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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- New York University Abu Dhabi, P.O. Box 129188, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Laboratoire de
Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (LASIR), CNRS UMR 8516/Université
Lille Nord de France, Université Lille1 − Sciences et
Technologies/Chemistry Department, bât C5/59655 Villeneuve d′Ascq
Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire
de Biophotonique et Pharmacologie, UMR 7213 du CNRS, Faculté
de Pharmacie, Université de Strasbourg, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch Cedex, France
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Quantum/molecular mechanics study of firefly bioluminescence on luciferase oxidative conformation. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.05.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Pinto da Silva L, Esteves da Silva JCG. Chemiexcitation Induced Proton Transfer: Enolate Oxyluciferin as the Firefly Bioluminophore. J Phys Chem B 2014; 119:2140-8. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5036458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Luís Pinto da Silva
- Centro de Investigação
em Química, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Centro de Investigação
em Química, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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