Purification and characterization of a thermostable phycoerythrin from hot spring cyanobacterium leptolyngbya sp. KC45

• Main Authors: Chayakorn Pumas, Yuwadee Peerapornpisal, Panmuk Vacharapiyasophon, Pimporn Leelapornpisid, Walailuck Boonchum, Masaharu Ishii, Chartchai Khanongnuch
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84857434681&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51295
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

This study aimed to understand characteristics of thermostable phycoerythrin from hot spring cyanobacteria Leptolyngbya sp. KC45. Phycoerythrin was purified with the purification index at 17.38 of A565/A280 ratio and demonstrated as two protein bands of 21 and 18 kDa under SDS-PAGE analysis. The nat...