phycocyanin in English
noun
1
any of a group of blue photosynthetic pigments present in cyanobacteria.
Aberystwyth researchers hypothesize that evolution has selected for low-histidine and trypotophan content in phycocyanins to reduce electron-transport interference.
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1. Cyanobacteria get their name from the bluish pigment phycocyanin, which they use to capture light for photosynthesis.
2. Cyanobacteria gets its common name from the blue-green pigment, phycocyanin, which along with chlorophyll a gives Cyanobacteria a blue-green appearance