Biosynthesis of phycobiliproteins. Incorporation of biliverdin into phycocyanin of the red alga Cyanidium caldarium
- 1 May 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 219 (3) , 905-909
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2190905
Abstract
14C-labeled biliverdin IX.alpha. was administered to cultures of C. caldarium that were actively synthesizing photosynthetic pigments in the light. Between 9 and 12% of the phycobiliprotein chromophore produced in such cultures was derived from exogenous biliverdin. These results demonstrate that biliverdin is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of phycobiliproteins.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Biosynthesis of the chromophore of phycobiliproteins. A study of mesohaem and mesobiliverdin as possible intermediates and further evidence for an algal haem oxygenaseBiochemical Journal, 1984
- Biosynthesis of phycocyanobilin from exogenous labeled biliverdin in Cyanidium caldariumArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1983
- Bile pigment synthesis in plants. Incorporation of haem into phycocyanobilin and phycobiliproteins in Cyanidium caldariumBiochemical Journal, 1981
- Bile pigment synthesis in plants. Mechanism of 18O incorporation into phycocyanobilin in the unicellular rhodophyte. Cyanidium caldarium.Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1979
- Guinea-pig milk-protein synthesis. Isolation and characterization of messenger ribonucleic acids from lactating mammary gland and identification of caseins and pre-α-lactalbumin as translation products in heterologous cell-free systemsBiochemical Journal, 1976
- Allophycocyanin from the filamentous cyanophyte, Phormidium luridumBiochemistry, 1975
- THE ENZYMATIC FORMATION OF BILIRUBIN*Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1975