The plant pigments responsible for the capture of light energy during the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis. The green pigment chlorophyll is the principal light receptor, absorbing blue and red light.
photosynthetic pigments
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- phycobiliprotein (biochemistry)
- Pseudomonadineae (microbiology)
- Chlorophycota (algae – rhodophycota, euglenophycota, chromophycota, chlorophycota)
- Eustigmatophyceae (botany)
- phycobilisome (biochemistry)
- Euglenophyta (algea, division)
- Phycobilin
- Chrysophyta (algea, division)
- Cryptophyceae (algae – rhodophycota, euglenophycota, chromophycota, chlorophycota)
- Phaeophyceae (lichens)
- Plant pigment (plant physiology)
- photosynthesis
- Rhodophyceae (algae – rhodophycota, euglenophycota, chromophycota, chlorophycota)
- phosphorylation (process – in chemistry)
