luciferase

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.”

词形变化

luciferases plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *lewk-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *léwks
Proto-Italic *louks
Latin lūx
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *-ós
Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós
Proto-Italic *-foros
Latin -fer
Latin lūcifer
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnusder.
Old French -inbor.
Middle English -in
English -ineclip.
English -in
English luciferin
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
Proto-Indo-European *dwísder.
Ancient Greek διά (diá)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti
Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi
Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ)
Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ)
Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs)
English diastase
English -ase
English luciferase
From luciferin + -ase.
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