| UniProt functional annotation for Q9GV45 | |||
| UniProt code: Q9GV45. |
| Organism: | Oplophorus gracilirostris (Luminous shrimp). | |
| Taxonomy: | Eukaryota; Metazoa; Ecdysozoa; Arthropoda; Crustacea; Multicrustacea; Malacostraca; Eumalacostraca; Eucarida; Decapoda; Pleocyemata; Caridea; Oplophoroidea; Oplophoridae; Oplophorus. | |
| Function: | Catalytic subunit of oplophorus-luciferin 2-monooxygenase. Oxidoreductase that converts coelenterazine (the oplophorus luciferin) to coelenteramide under emission of blue light with a maximum at 454 nm. Is also active with bisdeoxycoelenterazine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10984608}. | |
| Catalytic activity: | Reaction=coelenterazine + O2 = CO2 + coelenteramide + hnu; Xref=Rhea:RHEA:20417, ChEBI:CHEBI:2311, ChEBI:CHEBI:15379, ChEBI:CHEBI:16526, ChEBI:CHEBI:30212, ChEBI:CHEBI:41487; EC=1.13.12.13; Evidence={ECO:0000269|PubMed:10984608, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900925, ECO:0000269|PubMed:629957}; | |
| Activity regulation: | Inhibited by micromolar Cu(2+). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900925}. | |
| Biophysicochemical properties: | Kinetic parameters: KM=3.73 uM for coelenterazine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900925, ECO:0000269|PubMed:629957}; KM=1.3 uM for bis-coelenterazine {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900925, ECO:0000269|PubMed:629957}; pH dependence: Optimum pH is 8-9. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900925, ECO:0000269|PubMed:629957}; Temperature dependence: Optimum temperature is 40 degrees Celsius. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17900925, ECO:0000269|PubMed:629957}; | |
| Subunit: | Heterotetramer of a catalytic 19 kDa and a non-catalytic 35 kDa subunit. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10984608}. | |
| Subcellular location: | Secreted {ECO:0000305}. | |
| Miscellaneous: | The shrimp has luminous glands at the base of its antennae and legs, and ejects a cloud of brightly luminescent secretion from the base of its antennae upon stimulation. | |
Annotations taken from UniProtKB at the EBI.