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- noun A
blue phycobilin present in thephycobiliproteins allophycocyanin andphycocyanin , of which it is theterminal acceptor ofenergy .
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Although the phycocyanobilin (PCB) chromophore is attached to Cys-259 as expected, paralleling the situation in plant phytochromes but contrasting to that in bacteriophytochromes, the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue L.-O. Essen 2008
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Structures of the substrate complex were solved at 1.8 - and 2. 1-Å resolution and of the substrate-free form at 1. 55-Å resolution. to the structure of phycocyanobilin: ferredoxin oxidoreductase
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