Crustacyanin
Crustacyanin is a carotenoprotein biological pigment found in the exoskeleton of lobsters and responsible for their blue colour. β-Crustacyanin, is composed of two stacked astaxanthin carotenoids that absorb at λ = 580–590 nm. α-crustacyanin is an assembly of eight β-CR protein dimers. It is a 320 kDa complex containing 16 astaxanthin molecules. Although the β-CR dimer has a peak wavelength of 580 nm, α-CR exhibits a bathochromic shift to 632 nm; the mechanism and function of the additional wavelength shift is not understood.
