R-Phycoerythrin

Names

[ Name ]:
R-Phycoerythrin

[Synonym ]:
MFCD00081950

Biological Activity

[Description]:

R-Phycoerythrin is a phycobiliproteins could be isolated from Heterosiphonia japonica. R-Phycoerythrin is a potent fluorescent probe contains four chromophore-carrying subunits that exhibits extremely bright red-orange fluorescence. (λex=496 nm, λem=578 nm)[1][2].

[Related Catalog]:

Research Areas >> Others

Signaling Pathways >> Others >> Others

[References]

[1]. Sun L, et, al. Isolation, purification and characteristics of R-phycoerythrin from a marine macroalga Heterosiphonia japonica. Protein Expr Purif. 2009 Apr;64(2):146-54.

[2]. Huang B, et, al. The experimental research of R-phycoerythrin subunits on cancer treatment: a new photosensitizer in PDT. Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 2002 Feb;17(1):35-42.

Chemical & Physical Properties

[ Appearance of Characters ]:
ammonium sulfate suspension

[ Storage condition ]:
2-8°C

Safety Information

[ Symbol ]:

GHS06, GHS09

[ Signal Word ]:
Danger

[ Hazard Statements ]:
H301 + H311-H411

[ Supplemental HS ]:
Contact with acids liberates very toxic gas.

[ Precautionary Statements ]:
P273-P280-P301 + P310 + P330-P302 + P352 + P312-P391-P501

[ Personal Protective Equipment ]:
Eyeshields;Gloves

[ Hazard Codes ]:
T+,N,T

[ Risk Phrases ]:
46-5-26/27/28-32-51/53-23/24/25-24/25

[ Safety Phrases ]:
53-36/37/39-45-61-60-36/37-28

[ RIDADR ]:
UN 3077 9/PG 3

[ WGK Germany ]:
3

Articles

Direct differentiation of A-ring single attachment versus A- and D-ring double attachment of phycoerythrobilin chromophores to phycobiliproteins using MALDI mass spectrometry.

J. Mass Spectrom. 48(2) , 187-92, (2013)

Bilin chromophore attachment to phycobiliproteins is an enzyme-catalyzed post-translational modification process. Bilin-lyases attach a bilin chromophore to their cognate protein through a thioether b...

Salinity impacts photosynthetic pigmentation and cellular morphology changes by distinct mechanisms in Fremyella diplosiphon.

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 433(1) , 84-9, (2013)

Fremyella diplosiphon is a freshwater cyanobacterium that exhibits complementary chromatic adaptation (CCA), which allows the organism to alter its pigmentation and cellular morphology to maximally ha...

A minimal phycobilisome: fusion and chromophorylation of the truncated core-membrane linker and phycocyanin.

Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1817(7) , 1030-6, (2012)

Phycobilisomes, the light-harvesting antennas in cyanobacteria and red algae, consist of an allophycocyanin core that is attached to the membrane via a core-membrane linker, and rods comprised of phyc...

Related Compounds

The content on this webpage is sourced from various professional data sources. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the content, please feel free to contact service1@chemsrc.com.