Technological Application of Bioluminescent

Technological Application of Bioluminescent: Fluorescent Proteins and Luciferase

Bioluminescence is the unique phenomenon. This is related to one of the luminescent light phenomenon. But different from the others, this phenomenon become from inside the organisms and involve several the enzymatic reaction. Bioluminescence become more difficult to understanding, because sometimes related to the similiar reaction as the other light phenomenon, such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, and, chemiluminecence. Bioluminescence are the same phenomenon like chemiluminecence, but this reaction occur in the body of living organisms.

Bioluminescence frequently considered to be the “cold light”. This phenomenon depict that process light luminescence occur with very high efficiency. Chemical energy at the body of luminescence organisms almost 100% can be turned into light without there are which thrown as heat and even the increasing the body temperature significantly. Differ from conventional light source like fluorescent lamp. At the light source, the conversion electric energy become light with efficiency only about 20% and happened the increasing of the temperature which enough significantly during which relative shorten.

Luminescence of light steming from living organism are very attractive and unique. But do not all of the organisms have ability like this. Return again that this phenomenon is happened caused by its biochemical reaction and do not all organisms naturally have the same enzymatic components in their body. Luminescence organisms can be met at most of the organism in the deep sea environment, place which light intensity of slimmest sunlight even not at all. Others also there are some type of insect especially the fireflies and some mushroom species.

Mechanism of the happening of light luminescence at the bioluminescent become separate phenomenon which is very attractive also to be analyzed. How biochemical reaction occurs in body can convert efficiently existing energy become unique and beatiful light. There are various different mechanism among luminescence organism which is one with other related to their light emission. Colour formed also even immeasurable.

Some years lately have been developed various technology related to bioluminescence phenomenon. Many scientist and practitioner developing the exploiting of luminescence organisms in development several method of research or make the dissimilar organism can be phosphorescent too. Domain of many research in this time often exploit the bioluminescence phenomenon is domain of molecular biology research, genetic engineering, and also biotechnology.