Troxler R F, Brown A, Lester R, White P
Science. 1970 Jan 9;167(3915):192-3. doi: 10.1126/science.167.3915.192.
The unicellular alga Cyanidium caldarium evolves carbon monoxide during the syntheis of the bile pigment, phycocyanobilin. Carbon monoxide and phycocyanobilin were produced in stoichiometric amounts at comparable rates. Therefore, the mechanism of bile pigment formation in this plant parallels that in mammals.
单细胞藻类蓝纤维藻在胆汁色素藻蓝胆素的合成过程中会释放一氧化碳。一氧化碳和藻蓝胆素以化学计量比且速率相当的方式产生。因此,这种植物中胆汁色素的形成机制与哺乳动物中的相似。