Cloning and characterization of luciferase from an Asian firefly Pygoluciola qingyu and its comparison with other beetle luciferases

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The bioluminescence system of luminescent beetles has extensive applications in biological imaging, protein labeling and drug screening. To explore wild luciferases with excellent catalytic activity and thermal stability, we cloned the luciferase of Pygoluciola qingyu, one species living in areas of high temperature and with strong bioluminescence, by combining transcriptomic sequencing and reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The total length of luciferase gene is 1638 bp and the luciferase consists 544 amino acids. The recombinant P. qingyu luciferase was produced in vitro and its characteristics were compared with those of eight luciferases from China firefly species and two commercial luciferases. Compared with these luciferases, the P. qingyu luciferase shows the highest luminescence activity at room temperature (about 25-28 ℃) with similar KM value for D-luciferin and ATP to the Photinus pyralis luciferase. The P. qingyu luciferase activity was highest at 35 ℃ and can keep high activity at 30-40 ℃, which suggests the potential of P. qingyu luciferase for in vivo and cell application. Our results provide new insights into P. qingyu luciferase and give a new resource for the application of luciferases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

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Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology - 23(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 719-729

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Guichun [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zhiwei [VerfasserIn]
He, Jinwu [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Ruoping [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Wen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xueyan [VerfasserIn]

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EC 1.13.12.-
EC 1.13.12.7
Journal Article
Luciferases
Luciferases, Firefly

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Date Completed 16.04.2024

Date Revised 16.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s43630-024-00547-0

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NLM369317041