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Phycobilins

Known as: Phycobilins [Chemical/Ingredient], phycobilin 
Open chain tetrapyrroles that function as light harvesting chromophores in PHYCOBILIPROTEINS.
National Institutes of Health

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alpha-84 phycocyanobilinphycocyanobilinphycoerythrobilinphycoerythrocyanin

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Studies on the structures and apoprotein linkages of the phycobilins.
The structures of the phycobilins have been studied by chromic acid oxidation followed by identification of the imide products by… 
2003
2003
Expression and characterization of cyanobacterium heme oxygenase, a key enzyme in the phycobilin synthesis. Properties of the heme complex of recombinant active enzyme.
An efficient bacterial expression system of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 heme oxygenase gene, ho-1, has been… 
2001
2001
High-performance liquid chromatography coupled on-line with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry for the simultaneous separation and identification of the Synechocystis PCC 6803 phycobilisome…
1997
1997
Phycobilin biosynthetic reactions in extracts of cyanobacteria
Phycobilins are the chromophores of phycobiliproteins, the light-harvesting pigments of cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptophytes… 
1988
1988
Transformation of glutamate to delta-aminolevulinic acid by soluble extracts of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and other oxygenic prokaryotes.
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Enzymatic heme oxygenase activity in soluble extracts of the unicellular red alga, Cyanidium caldarium.
1984
1984
Enzymic Transformation of Biliverdin to Phycocyanobilin by Extracts of the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidium caldarium.
Cell-free extracts of the unicellular red alga Cyanidium caldarium catalyze the transformation of biliverdin to a product… 
Review
1975
Review
1975
THE HETEROCYSTS OF BLUE‐GREEN ALGAE (MYXOPHYCEAE)
1. Heterocysts are found in many species of filamentous blue‐green algae. They are cells of slightly larger size and with a more… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Properties and Ultrastructure of Phycoerythrin From Porphyridium cruentum.
Phycoerythrin, a photosynthetic accessory pigment, was isolated from Porphyridium cruentum and examined by electron microscopy… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
Studies on the formation of phycocyanin, porphyrins, and a blue phycobilin by wild-type and mutant strains of Cyanidium caldarium.
The synthesis of chlorophyll a and the bile-pigment and protein moieties of phycocyanin were arrested in illuminated cells of… 
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