Biotechnological Potentials Of Phycobiliproteins

Authors

  • RICHA Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
  • VINOD K. KANNAUJIYA Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
  • MINU KESHERI Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
  • GARVITA SINGH Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India
  • RAJESHWAR P. SINHA Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India

Keywords:

Allophycocyanin (APC), Phycocyanin (PC), Phycoerythrin (PE), Phycoerythrocyanin (PEC), Fluorescence activation cell sorter (FACS), Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), Single particle fluorescence imaging (SPFI).

Abstract

Phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are a group of antennae-protein pigments involved in light-harvesting in cyanobacteria, rhodophytes, cryptomonads and cyanelles. The phycobiliproteins are organized in supramolecular complexes, called phycobilisomes (PBSs), which are assembled in regular arrays on the outer surface of the thylakoid membrane. They have antimicrobial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective and hepatoprotective properties. In addition, they are being extensively used as natural colorants in food and cosmetics, fluorescent neoglycoproteins, probes for single particle fluorescence imaging fluorescent applications in clinical and immunological analyses. However, a comprehensive knowledge and technological base for augmenting their commercial utilities is lacking. This review deals with the structure and biotechnological potentials of phycobiliproteins.

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Published

31.12.2011

How to Cite

RICHA, VINOD K. KANNAUJIYA, MINU KESHERI, GARVITA SINGH, & RAJESHWAR P. SINHA. (2011). Biotechnological Potentials Of Phycobiliproteins. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 2(4), 487–506. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.net/index.php/journal/article/view/1117

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Volume 2, Issue 4, 2011

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Research Articles

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