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phycobiliprotein

phycobiliprotein

English

Noun

phycobiliprotein (countable and uncountable, plural phycobiliproteins)

  1. Any of a class of water-soluble proteins, present in cyanobacteria and certain algae, that capture light energy which is then passed on to chlorophylls during photosynthesis; the most important constituents of the phycobilisomes.