# Vargulin
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| IUPACName=2-[3-[2-[(2''S'')-butan-2-yl]-6-(1''H''-indol-3-yl)-3-oxo-7''H''-imidazo[2,
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'''Vargulin''',[{{cite journal | last1=Campbell | first1=A. K. | last2=Herring | first2=P. J. | title=Imidazolopyrazine bioluminescence in copepods and other marine organisms | journal=Marine Biology | publisher=Springer Science and Business Media LLC | volume=104 | issue=2 | year=1990 | issn=0025-3162 | doi=10.1007/bf01313261 | pages=219–225| bibcode=1990MarBi.104..219C | s2cid=84250053 }}] also called '''Cypridinid luciferin''',[{{cite journal | last=Morin | first=James G. | title=Based on a review of the data, use of the term 'cypridinid' solves the Cypridina/Vargula dilemma for naming the constituents of the luminescent system of ostracods in the family Cypridinidae | journal=Luminescence | publisher=Wiley | volume=26 | issue=1 | year=2011 | issn=1522-7235 | doi=10.1002/bio.1282 | pages=1–4| pmid=19862683 }}] '''Cypridina luciferin''', or '''Vargula luciferin''', is the [luciferin](/source/luciferin) found in the [ostracod](/source/ostracod) ''[Cypridina hilgendorfii](/source/Cypridina_hilgendorfii)'', also named ''[Vargula hilgendorfii](/source/Vargula_hilgendorfii)''.[{{cite book |author=Shimomura, O. |year=2006 |title=Bioluminescence: Chemical Principles and Methods |publisher=[World Scientific Publishing](/source/World_Scientific_Publishing) |isbn=978-981-256-801-4}}] These bottom dwelling ostracods emit a light stream into water when disturbed presumably to deter predation. Vargulin is also used by the midshipman fish, [''Porichthys''](/source/Midshipman_fish).
== History ==
A partial extraction procedure was developed in 1935 which involved reacting the compound with [benzoyl chloride](/source/benzoyl_chloride) to allow it to be separated from the water-soluble components.[{{cite journal | author = Anderson, RS | title = Studies on Bioluminescence : II. the Partial Purification of Cypridina Luciferin.| journal =The Journal of General Physiology| volume=19| issue=2 | pages=301–5 | year=1935 | pmid=19872927 | doi=10.1085/jgp.19.2.301 | pmc=2141430}}] The compound was first isolated and purified to crystals by [Osamu Shimomura](/source/Osamu_Shimomura).[{{cite journal | author = Shimomura, O | author2 = Goto, T | author3 = Hirata, Y | title = Crystalline Cypridina Luciferin | journal = Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan | volume = 30 | issue = 8 | pages = 929–933 | year = 1957 | doi = 10.1246/bcsj.30.929 | hdl = 10069/20882 | hdl-access = free }}] The structure of the compound was confirmed some years later.[{{cite journal | author = Kishi Y, Goto | author2 = T, Hirata Y | author3 = Shiromura O | author4 = Johnson FH | author-link = Kishi Y | year = 1966 | title = Cypridina bioluminescence. I. Structure of Cypridina luciferin | journal = Tetrahedron Lett. | volume = 7 | issue = 29 | doi = 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)82806-9 | pages = 3427–3436 }}] [Feeding experiments](/source/Isotopic_labeling) suggest that the compound is synthesized in the animal from three amino-acids: [tryptophan](/source/tryptophan), [isoleucine](/source/isoleucine), and [arginine](/source/arginine).[{{cite journal | author = Oba, Y | author2 = Kato, S | author3 = Ojika, M | author4 = Inouye, S | title=Biosynthesis of luciferin in the sea firefly, ''Cypridina hilgendorfii'': L-tryptophan is a component in Cypridina luciferin | journal = Tetrahedron Letters| volume=43| issue=12 | pages=2389–2392 | year=2002 | doi=10.1016/S0040-4039(02)00257-5 }}]
== Biochemistry ==
Vargulin is oxidized by [cypridina-luciferin 2-monooxygenase](/source/cypridina-luciferin_2-monooxygenase),[{{cite journal | vauthors = Thompson EM, Nagata S, Tsuji FI | title = Cloning and expression of cDNA for the luciferase from the marine ostracod Vargula hilgendorfii | journal = [Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences](/source/Proceedings_of_the_National_Academy_of_Sciences) | volume = 86 | issue = 17 | pages = 6567–71 | year = 1989 | pmid = 2771943 | pmc = 297885 | doi=10.1073/pnas.86.17.6567| bibcode = 1989PNAS...86.6567T | doi-access = free }}][{{cite journal | vauthors = Karpetsky TP, White EH | year = 1973 | title = The synthesis of Cypridina etioluciferamine and the proof of the structure of Cypridina luciferin | journal = Tetrahedron | volume = 29 | pages = 3761–3773 | doi = 10.1016/0040-4020(73)80193-0 | issue = 23 }}][{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsuji FI, ((Lynch RV III)), Stevens CL | year = 1974 | title = Some properties of luciferase from the bioluminescent crustacean, ''Cypridina hilgendorfii'' | journal = Biochemistry | volume = 13 | pages = 5204–5209 | pmid = 4433517 | doi = 10.1021/bi00722a024 | issue = 25 }}] a 62 kDa [enzyme](/source/enzyme), to produce blue light at 462 nm (max emission, detected with a 425 to 525 nm filter).
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The vargulin does not cross react with luciferases using [coelenterazine](/source/coelenterazine) or [Firefly luciferin](/source/Firefly_luciferin).
== Uses ==
Vargulin (with the associated luciferase) has applications in [biotechnology](/source/biotechnology):
* in a variety of assays, to report gene or [gene expression](/source/gene_expression) after luciferase have been genetically introduced in cells,
* to detect [ATP](/source/Adenosine_triphosphate), that is used in the vargulin/luciferase reaction ([cell viability assays](/source/Viability_assay)).[{{cite web |title=Luciferase Reporters |url=https://www.thermofisher.com/vn/en/home/life-science/protein-biology/protein-biology-learning-center/protein-biology-resource-library/pierce-protein-methods/luciferase-reporters.html |website=thermofisher.com}}]
Although less stable, the Cypridina system is useful because can be used in multiplex assays with other (red-emitting) luciferin assays.
==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Luciferins
Category:Bioluminescence
Category:Indoles
Category:Guanidines
Category:Imidazopyrazines
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