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phycobiliproteins

phycobiliproteins is the plural of phycobiliprotein.

Meaning of phycobiliprotein

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.

Questions about phycobiliproteins

What is phycobiliproteins the plural of?
Phycobiliproteins is the plural of phycobiliprotein.

Words near phycobiliproteins in the dictionary

  1. phycitids
  2. phyco-
  3. phycobilin
  4. phycobilins
  5. phycobiliprotein
  6. phycobiliproteins
  7. phycobilisome
  8. phycobilisomes
  9. phycobillin
  10. phycobillins
  11. phycobiloprotein

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