Modified tetrapyrroles are large macrocyclic compounds, consisting of diverse conjugation
and metal chelation systems and imparting an array of colors to the biological structures that …

Phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are the main component of light-harvesting complexes in
cyanobacteria and red algae. In addition to their important role in photosynthesis, PBPs …

Photosynthetic organisms can acclimate to their environment by changing many cellular
processes, including the biosynthesis of the photosynthetic apparatus. In this article we …

Phycobiliproteins are brilliantly colored, highly fluorescent components of the photosynthetic
light-harvesting antenna complexes of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae), red algae and …

Phycobilisomes serve as the primary light-harvesting antennae for Photo system II in
cyanobacteria and red algae. These supramolecular complexes are primarily composed of …

Abstract Dating from the Pre-Cambrian era, cyanobacteria have a long history of adaptation
to the Earth's environment. By evolving oxygen via photosynthetic reactions similar to those …

The propanediol utilization (pdu) operon of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2
contains genes needed for the coenzyme B12-dependent catabolism of 1, 2-propanediol …

Abstract Background Marine Synechococcus owe their specific vivid color (ranging from
blue-green to orange) to their large extrinsic antenna complexes called phycobilisomes …

The light-harvesting complexes form the photosynthetic apparatus found in most
photosynthetic organisms including cyanobacteria, red algae, diatoms and dinoflagellates …

Amino acid sequence alignments and phylogenetic analyses have been used to examine
the relationships among 100 phycobiliprotein sequences. The alignments revealed a …