Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes
used in bioluminescence. One famous example is the firefly
luciferase. In luminescent reactions, light is produced by the
oxidation of a luciferin luciferin + O2 oxyluciferin + light
luciferin + ATP luciferyl adenylate + PPi luciferyl adenylate + O2
oxyluciferin + AMP + light