phycocyanobilin

English

Etymology

phyco- +‎ cyano- +‎ bilin

Noun

phycocyanobilin (countable and uncountable, plural phycocyanobilins)

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