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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 Jun 15;1823(11):2079–2086. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.06.004

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Cleavage of Ub-AML through DUB action at the C-terminus liberates aminoluciferin, a substrate for Photinus pyralis luciferase (firefly). This light producing reaction provides large signal amplification with near non-existent background.