What pigment is phycoerythrin?
Phycoerythrin (PE) is a red protein pigment complex produced by the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family. It is present in red algae and cryptophytes as an accessory to the main chlorophyll pigments responsible for photosynthesis (Ficner and Huber, 1993; van der Weij-De Wit et al., 2006). What is the function of phycoerythrin? Phycoerythrin is an accessory pigment…