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. 1967 Dec;105(3):903-5.
doi: 10.1042/bj1050903.

Chromophores of allophycocyanin and R-phycocyanin

D J Chapman  1 , W J Cole, H W Siegelman
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Chromophores of allophycocyanin and R-phycocyanin

D J Chapman et al. Biochem J. 1967 Dec.

Abstract

The biliprotein allophycocyanin was purified from Phormidium luridum, Anabaena variabilis and Plectonema boryanum. R-phycocyanin was purified from Rhodymenia palmata. The chromophores were cleaved from the denatured protein by methanol hydrolysis. They were purified and crystallized as the dimethyl esters. Chromatographic and absorption-spectral (visible-ultraviolet and infrared) comparisons with reference material have established phycocyanobilin as the chromophore of allophycocyanin. Phycocyanobilin and phycoerythrobilin were shown to be the chromophores of R-phycocyanin.

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