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Enhancing Phycoerythrin Production of Marine Red Microalga Porphyridium purpureum with Low Salinity and Semi-Continuous Culture Strategy [PDF]

Marine Drugs
Porphyridium purpureum can synthesize a high phycoerythrin content, which has strong potential application in nutrition, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics. An effective culture strategy is the key to producing biomass of P.
Chulin Li, Houbo Wu, Hualian Wu, Wenzhou Xiang, Jin Xu, Tao Li   +5 more
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Evaluation of antimicrobial, antioxidant and cytotoxicity potential of R-phycoerythrin extracted from Gracilaria corticata seaweed

Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 2023
In the present study, phycoerythrin pigment protein was extracted and purified from Gracilaria corticata (marine macroalga). The concentration of phycoerythrin (PE) obtained from G. corticata was 0.15 ​mg/ml (fresh weight).
Sudhakar Mp
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Phycobilins Versatile Pigments with Wide-Ranging Applications: Exploring Their Uses, Biological Activities, Extraction Methods and Future Perspectives [PDF]

Marine Drugs
Phycobiliproteins (PBPs), captivating water-soluble proteins found in cyanobacteria, red algae, and cryptophytes, continue to fascinate researchers and industries due to their unique properties and multifaceted applications.
Celestino García-Gómez, Diana E. Aguirre-Cavazos, Abelardo Chávez-Montes, Juan M. Ballesteros-Torres, Alonso A. Orozco-Flores, Raúl Reyna-Martínez, Ángel D. Torres-Hernández, Georgia M. González-Meza, Sandra L. Castillo-Hernández, Marcela A. Gloria-Garza, Miroslava Kačániová, Maciej Ireneusz-Kluz, Joel H. Elizondo-Luevano   +12 more
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Isolation, characterization, and biomedical potential of phycoerythrin phycobiliprotein from Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L. M. Liao: antimicrobial, antioxidant, and anticancer activities [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Kappaphycus alvarezii (Doty) L. M. Liao, a red seaweed widely cultivated for carrageenan polysaccharide, is also a potential source of the valuable pigment phycoerythrin (PE). Therefore, this study aims to extract phycoerythrin from K.
Harinathan Balasundaram, Parthasarathy Seethapathy, Subbiah Sankaralingam, Shunmugiah Mahendran, Murugan Mareeswaran, Jeyaraj Pandiarajan, Pandiaraj Maheswari, Sakthivel Venkatesh, Malaisamy Arunkumar, Girish R. Pathade, Deepu Pandita, Anu Pandita, Fazal Ullah, Hosam O. Elansary, Muhammad Nazim, Adel A. Fickak, Mohamed A. Rashwan, Ihab Mohamed Moussa   +17 more
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Ultrafast exciton energy transfer dynamics in the cryptophyte light-harvesting antenna phycoerythrin 566 [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
IntroductionCryptophytes obtain energy through photosynthetic pigments and transfer it to the photosynthetic center on an ultrafast timescale. The mechanisms of such ultrafast excitation energy transfer (EET) in light-trapping complexes are a major focus
Na Guo, Zidong Liang, Xinyu Guo, Zhencheng Huang, Lei Zhang, Mingyuan Xie, Yang Pu, Yang Pu, Wenjun Li, Min Chen, Song Qin, Fuli Zhao   +11 more
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A Phycoerythrin-SOD Fluorescent Probe Enables Detection of Oxidative Stress for Assessing Astaxanthin in NAFLD [PDF]

Antioxidants
Objective: To develop a superoxide dismutase (SOD) fluorescent detection probe based on Phycoerythrin (PE) from Porphyridium cruentum for real-time monitoring of SOD activity, a core biomarker of oxidative stress, in a nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ...
Kun Li, Zhen Zhang, Ran Chen, Shilin Wu, Ning Yang, Jingyun Chen, Hongxiang Zhao, Pei Wang, Yunmei Yin, Meicong Xiao, Rongqing Zhang   +10 more
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Systems metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the bioproduction of biliverdin and phycoerythrobilin [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Phycobiliprotein is an important co-pigment in photosynthesis, which is composed of the covalent combination of apoprotein and phycobilin. Biliverdin IXα and phycoerythrobilin are both important substances in the phycobiliprotein biosynthesis pathway. As
Shuang Li, Shuang Li, Shuang Li, Chang Lu, Xiaonan Zang, Delin Duan, Delin Duan, Zhanru Shao, Zhanru Shao   +8 more
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Comparison of Production and Fluorescence Characteristics of Phycoerythrin from Three Strains of Porphyridium

Foods, 2022
Phycoerythrin, a special photosynthetic pigment, is widely used as fluorescent dye and has lots of underlying beneficial effects on health. A marine red microalga Porphyridium is considered as the potential feedstock for phycoerythrin production. However,
Chulin Li, Houbo Wu, Wenzhou Xiang, Hualian Wu, Na Wang, Jiayi Wu, Tao Li   +6 more
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Extraction and Purification of R-Phycoerythrin Alpha Subunit from the Marine Red Algae Pyropia Yezoensis and Its Biological Activities

Molecules, 2021
Phycoerythrin is a major light-harvesting pigment of red algae and cyanobacteria that is widely used as a fluorescent probe or as a colorant in the food and cosmetic industries.
Selvakumari Ulagesan, Taek-Jeong Nam, Youn-Hee Choi   +2 more
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The phycoerythrobilin isomerization activity of MpeV in Synechococcus sp. WH8020 is prevented by the presence of a histidine at position 141 within its phycoerythrin-I β-subunit substrate

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Marine Synechococcus efficiently harvest available light for photosynthesis using complex antenna systems, called phycobilisomes, composed of an allophycocyanin core surrounded by rods, which in the open ocean are always constituted of phycocyanin and ...
Lyndsay A. Carrigee, Lyndsay A. Carrigee, Jacob P. Frick, Xindi Liu, Jonathan A. Karty, Jonathan C. Trinidad, Irin P. Tom, Xiaojing Yang, Louison Dufour, Frédéric Partensky, Wendy M. Schluchter   +10 more
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