Abstract
Room-temperature phosphorescence (RTPP) from two proteins (LADH, E. coli AP) was first detected by Saviotti and Galley in 1974. Kai and Imakubo (1978) found additional proteins; RNase T1, aldolase and trypsin. Nowadays, it is recognized that more proteins exhibit the emission. In this article, characteristics of RTPP and various processes related to the appearance of RTPP are discussed, and its applications to reserch of protein dynamics are described.
