
Phycobiliprotein
Phycobiliprotein is a general term
for light collecting proteins involved
in photosynthesis. Cyanobacteria and red alga have them. In living
organisms, α and β chains form hexamers,
forming the complex phycobilisomes
shown above. These have pigments that are the red origin of red algae. Here we searched the health functions of these
proteins and pigments.