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.