Green Fluorescent Protein Infection on Corals

[trbike24]

I was reading the new Reef Life today and crossed something very interesting. In the coral corner there was an article about Green Fluorescent Protein Infection. This infection has been seen on a few Acropora species, one Palythoa and Monitpora species. I looked on a few websites and learned that the protein is composed of 238 amino acids which gives it its fluorescent green glow in blue light. This same protein is from a luminescent jellyfish Aquorea victoria that lives in the cold waters of the northern Pacific. This Jellyfish contains two kinds of protein, the green fluorescent protein and aequorin protein. The aequorin can give off a blue light. There does not seem to be a whole lot of info on the coral side of the protein. The long term progression of the protein still remains as a question mark. This is pretty interesting. There is alot of info on human infections of green protein, but not a whole lot on the coral infection side of it.

http://************.com/2009/11/04/gfp-infection-radically-alters-stony-corals-green-jacket/

 

[trbike24]

The link was on another forum, so I guess they wont let me post it.

 

[acrodave]

i know that the glow pigment in jellyfish is what they put in the freshwater glow fish... and i just saw your sig... thats sweet

 

[trbike24]

Thats pretty interesting. I did not know that they put that in Glo Fish. It does make sense if you put the two together. Thats pretty cool. I am a Notre Dame fan, but Tebow was probably my favorite college player. They say that New England is interested in drafting him, I hope they do that would be awesome.