luciferase

[ loo-sif-uh-reys ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. an enzyme in bioluminescent organisms that catalyzes the oxidation of luciferin, a light-emitting pigment.

Origin of luciferase

1
First recorded in 1885–90; lucifer(in) + -ase

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