The gene encoding an enzyme from a firefly, discovered at the Sorocaba campus of the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar ...

Luciferin is the compound that generates light, and luciferase is the enzyme that acts on it. Today, we know that the firefly's bioluminescent reaction plays out like this. A firefly diverts ...

During a firefly chat around sunset, a park ranger explained what causes these beetles to glow. This particular form of bioluminescence is caused by a chemical reaction of the substrate luciferin ...