[HTML][HTML] Phycobiliproteins: Structural aspects, functional characteristics, and biotechnological perspectives

J Dagnino-Leone, CP Figueroa, ML Castañeda… - Computational and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Phycobiliproteins (PBPs) are fluorescent proteins of various colors, including fuchsia, purple-
blue and cyan, that allow the capture of light energy in auxiliary photosynthetic complexes …

Mechanisms of bacterial tolerance and persistence in the gastrointestinal and respiratory environments

R Trastoy, T Manso, L Fernández-García… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pathogens that infect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts are subjected to intense
pressure due to the environmental conditions of the surroundings. This pressure has led to …

[HTML][HTML] The amazing phycobilisome

N Adir, S Bar-Zvi, D Harris - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria and red-algae share a common light-harvesting complex which is different
than all other complexes that serve as photosynthetic antennas–the Phycobilisome (PBS) …

How nature designs light-harvesting antenna systems: design principles and functional realization in chlorophototrophic prokaryotes

DA Bryant, DP Canniffe - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Chlorophyll-based phototrophs, or chlorophototrophs, convert light energy into stored
chemical potential energy using two types of photochemical reaction center (RC), denoted …

Structure of phycobilisomes

SF Sui - Annual Review of Biophysics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Phycobilisomes (PBSs) are extremely large chromophore–protein complexes on the stromal
side of the thylakoid membrane in cyanobacteria and red algae. The main function of PBSs …

Core and rod structures of a thermophilic cyanobacterial light-harvesting phycobilisome

K Kawakami, T Hamaguchi, Y Hirose, D Kosumi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cyanobacteria, glaucophytes, and rhodophytes utilize giant, light-harvesting phycobilisomes
(PBSs) for capturing solar energy and conveying it to photosynthetic reaction centers. PBSs …

Time-temperature-resolved functional and structural changes of phycocyanin extracted from Arthrospira platensis/Spirulina

L Böcker, T Hostettler, M Diener, S Eder, T Demuth… - Food chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Arthrospira platensis, commonly known as Spirulina, gains increasing importance as
alternative protein source for food production and biotechnological systems. A promising …

The structure of allophycocyanin B from Synechocystis PCC 6803 reveals the structural basis for the extreme redshift of the terminal emitter in phycobilisomes

PP Peng, LL Dong, YF Sun, XL Zeng… - … Section D: Biological …, 2014 - journals.iucr.org
Allophycocyanin B (AP-B) is one of the two terminal emitters in phycobilisomes, the unique
light-harvesting complexes of cyanobacteria and red algae. Its low excitation-energy level …

Orange carotenoid protein burrows into the phycobilisome to provide photoprotection

D Harris, O Tal, D Jallet, A Wilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
In cyanobacteria, photoprotection from overexcitation of photochemical centers can be
obtained by excitation energy dissipation at the level of the phycobilisome (PBS), the …

High-resolution crystal structures of trimeric and rod phycocyanin

L David, A Marx, N Adir - Journal of molecular biology, 2011 - Elsevier
The phycobilisome light-harvesting antenna in cyanobacteria and red algae is assembled
from two substructures: a central core composed of allophycocyanin surrounded by rods that …