English Explanatory Dictionary

phycocyanobilin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A blue phycobilin present in the phycobiliproteins allophycocyanin and phycocyanin, of which it is the terminal acceptor of energy.

Word forms

phycocyanobilin phycocyanobilins

Etymology

From phyco- + cyano- + bilin.

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