Phycobilins in different color types of Porphyra yezoensis Ueda.

Phycobilins in the wild type of Porphyra yezoensis UEDA and its color mutant types of red, green and yellow were analysed by LKB-Ampholine electrofocusing to yield phycoerythrin (PE), phycocyanin (PC) and allophycocyanin (AlloPC) with 4, 6-7 and 3 narrow bands in the columns respectively. The occurrence of different PE and PC in respective types of the Porphyra yezonsis were R-PE and C-PC for the wild type, R-PE and R-PC for the red type, B-PE and C-PC for the green type, B-PE and R-PC for the yellow type, and with AlloPC in all the types examined.