In your work, you said that you look at parasites that makes insects glow. What chemical reactions or what takes place

Question: In your work, you said that you look at parasites that makes insects glow. What chemical reactions or what takes place to do this?
- Keywords:
  chemical reaction,
  insect,
  parasite
Asked by answerIs42 to Rebecca on 22 Jun 2015. This question was also asked by 218yttc44.
- Rebecca Jones answered on 22 Jun 2015:
  
  The glowing is caused by the bacteria in the parasite and this is caused by a special gene, called a luxCDABE gene. This gene encodes a luciferase and its enzymes which, when bound, emit light.

Question: In your work, you said that you look at parasites that makes insects glow. What chemical reactions or what takes place to do this?