Allophycocyanin

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Allophycocyanin from Gloeobacter violaceus .

Allophycocyanin is a pigment that is involved in the photosynthesis of cyanobacteria and red algae and belongs to the phycobilins .

This protein has a molecular mass of around 80  kDa . Coupled to an antibody , it is one of the brightest fluorescent dyes that is used for FACS analysis and is also used for the fluorescence microscopic detection of specific antigens . It is excited by a HeNe laser at 633 nm and emits light with a wavelength of 680 nm.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Luttmann, Kai Bratke, Michael Küpper, Daniel Myrtek: The experimenter: Immunology . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-642-41899-0 , pp. 40 f ., Doi : 10.1007 / 978-3-642-41899-0 .