Structure of phycobilisomes

SF Sui - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Phycobilisomes (PBSs) are extremely large chromophore–protein complexes on the stromal
side of the thylakoid membrane in cyanobacteria and red algae. The main function of PBSs …

Phycobiliproteins from extreme environments and their potential applications

A Puzorjov, AJ McCormick - Journal of experimental botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The light-harvesting phycobilisome complex is an important component of photosynthesis in
cyanobacteria and red algae. Phycobilisomes are composed of phycobiliproteins, including …

How nature designs light-harvesting antenna systems: design principles and functional realization in chlorophototrophic prokaryotes

DA Bryant, DP Canniffe - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Chlorophyll-based phototrophs, or chlorophototrophs, convert light energy into stored
chemical potential energy using two types of photochemical reaction center (RC), denoted …

Phycobiliprotein as fluorescent probe and photosensitizer: A systematic review

X Qiang, L Wang, J Niu, X Gong, G Wang - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Phycobiliprotein is a natural product with many biological activities in various seaweeds.
Phycobiliproteins have been widely used for anti-oxidation, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory …

The structural characterization and color stabilization of the pigment protein-phycoerythrin glycosylated with oligochitosan

Y Zhang, L Zhang, J Hu, Z Wang, D Meng, H Li… - Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phycoerythrin (PE) is a kind of natural and nontoxic pigment protein with a distinctive
phycobilin, and this pigment is easy to be destroyed in the process of food application, which …

Characterization of cyanobacterial allophycocyanins absorbing far-red light

N Soulier, TN Laremore, DA Bryant - Photosynthesis research, 2020 - Springer
Phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are pigment proteins that comprise phycobilisomes (PBS), major
light-harvesting antenna complexes of cyanobacteria and red algae. PBS core substructures …

The structural basis of far-red light absorbance by allophycocyanins

N Soulier, DA Bryant - Photosynthesis research, 2021 - Springer
Phycobilisomes (PBS), the major light-harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria, are
supramolecular complexes of colorless linkers and heterodimeric, pigment-binding …

Sensitive and selective detection of Cu2+ ions based on fluorescent Ag nanoparticles synthesized by R-phycoerythrin from marine algae Porphyra yezoensis

Y Xu, Y Hou, Y Wang, Y Wang, T Li, C Song… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, using a natural and green protein R-phycoerythrin (R-PE) extracted from
marine Porphyra yezoensis as the stabilizer and reducer, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) were …

Prospects of phycoerythrin: Structural features, antioxidation and applications in food

Y Wen, S Shan, F Ye, W Liao, X Wu, W Chen, C Zhao - Food Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Phycoerythrin (PE) is a naturally occurring plant protein of algal origin. The colour, bioactivity
and stability of PE are inextricably linked to its structure. PE has powerful antioxidant …

Phycoerythrin averts intracellular ROS generation and physiological functional decline in eukaryotes under oxidative stress

RR Sonani, RP Rastogi, NK Singh, J Thadani, PJ Patel… - Protoplasma, 2017 - Springer
In vitro antioxidant virtue and life-prolonging effect of phycoerythrin (PE; a pigment protein
isolated from Phormidium sp. A09DM) have been revealed in our previous reports (Sonani …