Phycocyanobilin
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phycocyanobilin
a type of phycobilin; see also phycobiliprotein.
| phycocyanin, phycobilisome, phycobiliprotein | |
| phycoerythrin, phycoerythrobilin, phycofluor |
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Phycocyanobilin
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| PubChem | 5288007 |
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| Molecular formula | C33H40N4O6 |
| Molar mass | 588.69 g/mol |
| Exact mass | 588.294785 u |
 (verify) (what is:  / ?)Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) |
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Phycocyanobilin is a blue phycobilin, i.e., a tetrapyrrole chromophore found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of red algae, glaucophytes, and some cryptomonads. Phycocyanobilin is present only in the phycobiliproteins allophycocyanin and phycocyanin, of which it is the terminal acceptor of energy. It is covalently linked to these phycobiliproteins by a thioether bond.
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