Biosynthesis of firefly luciferin. Probable formation of benzothiazole from p-benzoquinone and cysteine
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 1,p. 32
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39760000032
Abstract
Experiments showing positive incorporation of [14C]-p-benzoquinone into luciferin strongly suggest that the benzothiazole nucleus in firefly luciferin arises from p-benozquinone and cysteine.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: