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Phycobilins (from Gr****: φύκος (phykos)
meaning "alga", and from Latin:
bilis meaning "bile") are light-capturing
bilins found in
cyanobacteria and in...
- pyrenoids.
Rhodoplasts have
chlorophyll a and
phycobilins for
photosynthetic pigments; the
phycobilin phycoerythrin is
responsible for
giving many red...
- to
absorb light and
acquire energy.
Prochlorophyta lack red and blue
phycobilin pigments and have
stacked thylakoids,
making them
distinctly different...
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chlorophylls a and c (often), and
phycobilins,
while those of
green algae have
chloroplasts with
chlorophyll a and b
without phycobilins. Land
plants are pigmented...
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Phycoerythrobilin is a red
phycobilin, i.e. an open
tetrapyrrole chromop****
found in
cyanobacteria and in the
chloroplasts of red algae, glaucophytes...
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photosynthetic pigments such as
various forms of chlorophyll, carotenoids,
phycobilins to
convert the
photonic energy in
sunlight to
chemical energy. Unlike...
- of the
available chlorophyll "b",
among other pigments.
These include phycobilins,
which are the red and blue
pigments of red and blue algae, respectively...
- for the
treatment of
cancer Phycocyanobilin, a blue
phycobilin Phycoerythrobilin, a red
phycobilin This set
index page
lists chemical structure articles...
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Phycocyanobilin is a blue
phycobilin, i.e., a
tetrapyrrole chromop****
found in
cyanobacteria and in the
chloroplasts of red algae, glaucophytes, and some...
- (Some cyanobacteria, the prochlorophytes, use
chlorophyll b
instead of
phycobilin.) It is
thought that the
chloroplasts in
plants and
algae all evolved...
