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Luciferase

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.

    "Aptly enough, glowworms light up their underworld with a pair of chemicals that have a satanic etymology—luciferins and luciferases, after the Latin for “light bringer.”"

Etymology

From luciferin + -ase.

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