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Definition of Phycoerythrin

Phycoerythrin
Phycoerythrin Phy`co*e*ryth"rin, Phycoerythrine Phy`co*e*ryth"rine, n. [Gr. ? seaweed + E. erythrin, -ine.] A red coloring matter found in alg[ae] of the subclass Floride[ae].

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- Phycoerythrin (PE) is a red protein-pigment complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, present in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptophytes...
- Piras, C.; Vernede, X.; et al. (2000-05-09). "Crystal structure of R-phycoerythrin at 2.2 angstroms". RCSB Protein Data Bank (PDB). doi:10.2210/pdb1eyx/pdb...
- pyocyanin, actinorhodin, and zeaxanthin. Cyanobacteria produce phycocyanin, phycoerythrin, scytonemin, chlorophyll a, chlorophyll d, and chlorophyll f. Purple...
- While this was formerly attributed to the presence of pigments (such as phycoerythrin) that would permit red algae to inhabit greater depths than other macroalgae...
- provide the source for bio-fuel and pharmaceutical. This algae contains phycoerythrin that can be extracted by lyse and chromatography. The genus Porphyridium...
- linear tetrapyrrole pigments. Pigment-protein complexes referred to as R-phycoerythrin are rod-like in shape and make up the rods and core of the phycobilisome...
- oriented rods made of stacked disks of phycocyanin and (if present) phycoerythrin(s) or phycoerythrocyanin. The spectral property of phycobiliproteins...
- cyanobacteria. The variations on this theme are due mainly to carotenoids and phycoerythrins that give the cells their red-brownish coloration. In some cyanobacteria...
- to more traditional fluorop****s (e.g. fluorescein, allophycoyanin, phycoerythrin, and rhodamine). The biological fluids or serum commonly used in these...
- equivalent, used to measure doses of fosphenytoin Phosphatidyl ethanolamine Phycoerythrin, a water-soluble protein used as a fluorescent marker in microscopy...