Elementary plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2+1)

Phycobilins

• Phycobilin pigments occur in red and bule-green algae but not in higher plants. They are linear tetrapyrroles without bound Mg2+. Phycoerythrobilin is the major red pigment of red algae. The blue phycocyanobilin is the analogous conjugate of bule-green algae.