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phycobilin
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Phycobilin
Phycobilins
(from
Greek
:
(phykos)
meaning "alga", and from
Latin
:
bilis
meaning "bile") are
light-capturing
bilanes
found in
cyanobacteria
and in the
chloroplasts
of
red algae
,
glaucophytes
and some
cryptomonads
(though not in
green algae
and
plants
). Most of their molecules consist of a
chromophore
which makes them colored. They are unique among the photosynthetic pigments in that they are bonded to certain water-soluble
proteins
, known as
phycobiliproteins
. Phycobiliproteins then pass the light energy to
chlorophylls
for
photosynthesis
.
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