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- noun biochemistry A red
phycobilin found in thephycobiliprotein phycoerythrin , of which it is theterminal acceptor ofenergy .
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The enzyme phycoerythrobilin synthase (PebS), recently discovered in a marine virus infecting oceanic cyanobacteria of the genus
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The reddish purple open chain tetrapyrrole pigment phycoerythrobilin max 550 nm) is an essential chromophore of the light-harvesting phycobiliproteins of most cyanobacteria, red algae, and cryptomonads.
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