The Unique Light-Harvesting System of the Algal Phycobilisome: Structure, Assembly Components, and Functions

Characterization of Molecular Diversity and Organization of Phycobilisomes in Thermophilic Cyanobacteria

(2023) Jie Tang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

In situ structure of the red algal phycobilisome–PSII–PSI–LHC megacomplex

(2023) Xin You et al.   NATURE

Crystal structure and molecular mechanism of an E/F type bilin lyase-isomerase

(2022) Indika Kumarapperuma et al.   STRUCTURE

Efficient Synthesis of Phycocyanobilin by Combinatorial Metabolic Engineering in Escherichia coli

(2022) Xinrui Zhao et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

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

(2022) Keisuke Kawakami et al.   Nature Communications

Structures of a phycobilisome in light-harvesting and photoprotected states

(2022) María Agustina Domínguez-Martín et al.   NATURE

Discovery of a small protein factor involved in the coordinated degradation of phycobilisomes in cyanobacteria

(2021) Vanessa Krauspe et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of Phycobilisomes

(2021) Sen-Fang Sui   Annual Review of Biophysics

Structural insight into the mechanism of energy transfer in cyanobacterial phycobilisomes

(2021) Lvqin Zheng et al.   Nature Communications

Photosynthesis and Cell Growth Trigger Degradation of Phycobilisomes during Nitrogen Limitation

(2021) Akiko Yoshihara et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Structural basis of energy transfer in Porphyridium purpureum phycobilisome

(2020) Jianfei Ma et al.   NATURE

Phycobiliproteins from extreme environments and their potential applications

(2020) Anton Puzorjov et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

CpeT is the phycoerythrobilin lyase for Cys-165 on β-phycoerythrin from Fremyella diplosiphon and the chaperone-like protein CpeZ greatly improves its activity

(2020) Adam A. Nguyen et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

The structural basis of far-red light absorbance by allophycocyanins

(2020) Nathan Soulier et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

CpeF is the bilin lyase that ligates the doubly linked phycoerythrobilin on β-phycoerythrin in the cyanobacterium Fremyella diplosiphon

(2019) Christina M. Kronfel et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phycobiliproteins: Molecular structure, production, applications, and prospects

(2019) Wenjun Li et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY ADVANCES

The amazing phycobilisome

(2019) Noam Adir et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Proteomic Insights into Phycobilisome Degradation, A Selective and Tightly Controlled Process in The Fast-Growing Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus UTEX 2973

(2019) Aparna Nagarajan et al.   Biomolecules

C-Phycocyanin exerts anti-cancer effects via the MAPK signaling pathway in MDA-MB-231 cells

(2018) Liangqian Jiang et al.   Cancer Cell International

Biosynthesis of Fluorescent β Subunits of C-Phycocyanin from Spirulina subsalsa in Escherichia coli, and Their Antioxidant Properties

(2018) Xian-Jun Wu et al.   MOLECULES

Decomposition of cyanobacterial light harvesting complexes: NblA-dependent role of the bilin lyase homolog NblB

(2018) Mali Levi et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Light Adaptation in Phycobilisome Antennas: Influence on the Rod Length and Structural Arrangement

(2017) Aurélia Chenu et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Chlorophylls and their Derivatives Used in Food Industry and Medicine

(2017) Katalin Solymosi et al.   MINI-REVIEWS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

An improved crystal structure of C-phycoerythrin from the marine cyanobacterium Phormidium sp. A09DM

(2017) Ravi R. Sonani et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Variety in excitation energy transfer processes from phycobilisomes to photosystems I and II

(2017) Yoshifumi Ueno et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Structures and enzymatic mechanisms of phycobiliprotein lyases CpcE/F and PecE/F

(2017) Cheng Zhao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Combinatorial biosynthesis of Synechocystis PCC6803 phycocyanin holo-α-subunit (CpcA) in Escherichia coli and its activities

(2016) Ping Yu et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The antioxidant, immunomodulatory, and anti-inflammatory activities of Spirulina: an overview

(2016) Qinghua Wu et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Adapting photosynthesis to the near-infrared: non-covalent binding of phycocyanobilin provides an extreme spectral red-shift to phycobilisome core-membrane linker from Synechococcus sp. PCC7335

(2016) Dan Miao et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS

Antioxidant properties of convective-air-dried Spirulina maxima : Evaluation of phycocyanin retention by a simple mathematical model of air-drying

(2016) Kyuya Nakagawa et al.   FOOD AND BIOPRODUCTS PROCESSING

Supercritical fluid extraction of phycocyanin and investigation of cytotoxicity on human lung cancer cells

(2016) Irem Deniz et al.   JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS

Structural organization of an intact phycobilisome and its association with photosystem II

(2015) Leifu Chang et al.   CELL RESEARCH

Anti-allergic activity of R-phycocyanin from Porphyra haitanensis in antigen-sensitized mice and mast cells

(2015) Qingmei Liu et al.   INTERNATIONAL IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY

Direct observation of multistep energy transfer in LHCII with fifth-order 3D electronic spectroscopy

(2015) Zhengyang Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

Structure and Mechanism of the Phycobiliprotein Lyase CpcT

(2014) Wei Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Insights into the Biosynthesis and Assembly of Cryptophycean Phycobiliproteins

(2014) Kristina E. Overkamp et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the Bilin Lyase CpcS from Thermosynechococcus elongatus

(2013) Christina M. Kronfel et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Combinational biosynthesis of phycocyanobilin using genetically-engineered Escherichia coli

(2013) Baosheng Ge et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Synthesis of phycocyanobilin in mammalian cells

(2013) Konrad Müller et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Therapeutic Effect of C-Phycocyanin Extracted from Blue Green Algae in a Rat Model of Acute Lung Injury Induced by Lipopolysaccharide

(2013) Pak-on Leung et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Phycobilisome: architecture of a light-harvesting supercomplex

(2013) Mai Watanabe et al.   PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH

Biosynthesis of Cyanobacterial Phycobiliproteins in Escherichia coli: Chromophorylation Efficiency and Specificity of All Bilin Lyases from Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002

(2010) A. Biswas et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Phycourobilin in Trichromatic Phycocyanin from Oceanic Cyanobacteria Is Formed Post-translationally by a Phycoerythrobilin Lyase-Isomerase

(2009) Nicolas Blot et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Domain organization of photosystem II in membranes of the cyanobacteriumSynechocystisPCC6803 investigated by electron microscopy

(2008) I. Mihaela Folea et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Biogenesis of Phycobiliproteins

(2008) Nicolle A. Saunée et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Function and distribution of bilin biosynthesis enzymes in photosynthetic organisms

(2008) Thorben Dammeyer et al.   PHOTOCHEMICAL & PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES