"Aequorin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A photoprotein isolated from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea. It emits visible light by an intramolecular reaction when a trace amount of calcium ion is added. The light-emitting moiety in the bioluminescence reaction is believed to be 2-amino-3-benzyl-5-(p-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazine (AF-350).
| Descriptor ID |
D000331
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.532.020
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Simultaneous measurement of Ca2+ in muscle with Ca electrodes and aequorin. Diffusible cytoplasmic constituent reduces Ca(2+)-independent luminescence of aequorin. J Gen Physiol. 1991 Dec; 98(6):1141-60.