Phycobiliproteins: Recent Developments and Future Applications

• Main Authors: Kannaujiya, Vinod K. (Author), Sundaram, Shanthy (Author), Sinha, Rajeshwar P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Gene expression.; Biomedical engineering.; Plant biochemistry.; Proteomics.; Proteins.; Biomedicine.; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology.; Gene Expression.; Protein Science.; Plant Biochemistry.

Phycobiliproteins are water soluble, brilliantly colored accessory light-harvesting macromolecules organized in a supramolecular complexes on photosynthetic apparatus in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads. The objective of this book is to provide state of the art knowledge and highlight the r...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2. Evolution of phycobiliproteins
• 3. Structural and functional significance
• 4.Gene manipulation and biosynthesis of phycobiliproteins
• 5. Stress response of phycobiliproteins
• 6. Advances in production technology
• 7. Advances and strategies of purification technology
• 8. Biotechnological applications
• 9. Role in therapeutic sciences
• 10. Future development and challenges.