A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla
Tessler M, Gaffney JP, Oliveira AG, Guarnaccia A, Dobi KC, Gujarati NA, Galbraith M, Mirza JD, Sparks JS, Pieribone VA, Wood RJ, Gruber DF. A putative chordate luciferase from a cosmopolitan tunicate indicates convergent bioluminescence evolution across phyla. Scientific Reports 2020, 10: 17724. PMID: 33082360, PMCID: PMC7576829, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73446-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnimal phylaPhylum ChordataSimilar genesWidespread genesBiogeochemical roleSequence matchesPhylaBrittle starsNovel luciferaseLuciferaseTunicatesGenesLight productionCoelenterazineBioluminescenceChordataTranscriptomeVertebratesDehalogenasesPyrosomesMachineryLuciferasesBloomsPyrosomaBiochemistry