Photosynthetica 2000, 38(4):601-605 | DOI: 10.1023/A:1012417725304

A Phycoerythrin-Allophycocyanin Complex from the Intact Phycobilisomes of the Marine Red Alga Polysiphonia Urceolata

Li Sun1, Shumei Wang2
1 Department of Biochemistry, Yantai University, Yantai, People's Republic of China
2 The Key Lab of Film Device and Weak Signal Information Technology, Yantai University, Yantai, People's Republic of China

A phycoerythrin-allophycocyanin (PE-AP) complex was obtained from intact phycobilisomes of the marine red alga Polysiphonia urceolata. Study of spectral properties and polypeptide components showed that the complex contains PE, phycocyanin, AP, and higher proportional linker proteins of the four groups present in intact phycobilisomes.

Additional key words: absorption spectra; allophycocyanin; fluorescence spectra; light-harvesting complex; phycoerythrin; proteins

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Sun, L., & Wang, S. (2000). A Phycoerythrin-Allophycocyanin Complex from the Intact Phycobilisomes of the Marine Red Alga Polysiphonia Urceolata. Photosynthetica, 38(4), 601-605. doi: 10.1023/A:1012417725304
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