Isolation and Nomenclature of Pigment-Protein Complexes from the Brown Alga (Undaria pinnatifida Harv.)

Eight kinds of pigment-protein complexes were resolved from the thylakoid membrane of the brown alga （Undaria pinnatifida Harv.) by using non-ionic detergent decanoyl-N-methylglucamide and PAGE technique. According to the apparent molecular weights, spectra characteristics, polypeptide compositions and referring to the higher plant spinach, eight pigment-protein complexes were named under Anderson′s terminology system as CPⅠa, CPⅠ, CPa, LHC1, LHC2, LHC3, LHC4, LHC5.