"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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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aequorin" by people in Profiles.
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TFEB-mediated increase in peripheral lysosomes regulates store-operated calcium entry. Sci Rep. 2017 01 13; 7:40797.
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The vacuolar Ca2+/H+ exchanger Vcx1p/Hum1p tightly controls cytosolic Ca2+ levels in S. cerevisiae. FEBS Lett. 1999 May 21; 451(2):132-6.