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Phycobiliproteins from microalgae: research progress in sustainable production and extraction processes

2023; BioMed Central; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/s13068-023-02387-z

2731-3654

Jinxin Wang, Song Qin, Jian Lin, Qi Wang, Wenjun Li, Yonglin Gao,

Algal biology and biofuel production

Abstract Phycobiliproteins (PBPs), one of the functional proteins from algae, are natural pigment–protein complex containing various amino acids and phycobilins. It has various activities, such as anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. And are potential for applications in food, cosmetics, and biomedicine. Improving their metabolic yield is of great interest. Microalgaes are one of the important sources of PBPs, with high growth rate and have the potential for large-scale production. The key to large-scale PBPs production depends on accumulation and recovery of massive productive alga in the upstream stage and the efficiency of microalgae cells breakup and extract PBPs in the downstream stage. Therefore, we reviewed the status quo in the research and development of PBPs production, summarized the advances in each stage and the feasibility of scaled-up production, and demonstrated challenges and future directions in this field .