phycobiliprotein
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]phyco- (seaweed) + bili-? (bile) + protein
Noun
[edit]phycobiliprotein (countable and uncountable, plural phycobiliproteins)
- 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.