... open-chain tetrapyrroles are produced from biliverdinthat is a product of heme degradation. Accordingly, the chlorophyll and phycobilin syntheses share the pathway of protoporohyrin synthesis from ... d-aminolevulinic acid [1,2].Phycobilins work as the main photoreceptor of photosyn-thesis in procaryophyta, cyanobacteria and other primitiveeucaryotic algae. Phycobilin synthesis branches from ... Ishikawa, A. , Kawashima, K.,Kimura,T.,Kishida ,Y. ,Kohora,M.,Matsumoto,M.,Matsuno, A. , Muraki, A. , Nakazaki, N., Shimpo, S., Sugimoto, M., Taka-zawa, M., Yamada, M., Yasuda, M. & Tabata, S....