Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 22, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
...its abdomen to produce yellow-green light (Figure 2). Despite the title of this post, this reaction is...; no chemical reaction takes place.
Figure 2: Simplified chemical reaction catalyzed by luciferase... has a detailed list of luciferase options.
Table 2: Properties of luciferase enzymes
Name
Natural ...luciferase assays require cell lysis as the most efficient means to disrupt the cell membrane and deliver .../phototoxicity
Not susceptible
Susceptible
Subcellular imaging
Improving
Well-established
High-throughput...produced. A similar approach can be used to analyze cell signaling pathways or miRNA knockdown.
BRET for ...advantageous properties. This approach can improve live-cell imaging by avoiding autofluorescence and phototoxicity...