Phycobiliproteins—A Family of Algae-Derived Biliproteins: Productions, Characterization and Pharmaceutical Potentials

• Published in: Marine drugs Vol. 20; no. 7; p. 450
• Main Authors: Chen, Huaxin, Qi, Hongtao, Xiong, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 09.07.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Algae; Anticancer properties; Antidiabetics; Antioxidants; Biogenesis; Biosynthesis; Cardiovascular disease; Colour; Cryptophyceae; Cyanelles; Cyanobacteria; Diabetes mellitus; dietary supplements; Endangered & extinct species; fluorescence; fluorescent antibody technique; Fluorescent indicators; Food additives; Food dyes; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Hosts; Immunofluorescence; Inflammation; pharmaceutical potentials; Pharmaceuticals; Photosynthesis; phycobilin; phycobiliprotein; Phycobiliproteins; Phycocyanin; phycoerythrin; Polypeptides; Radiation; Recombinants; Review; Rhodophyta; Tumors; Water purification; water solubility

Phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are colored and water-soluble biliproteins found in cyanobacteria, rhodophytes, cryptomonads and cyanelles. They are divided into three main types: allophycocyanin, phycocyanin and phycoerythrin, according to their spectral properties. There are two methods for PBPs preparat...