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Photosynthetic pigment: Present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis. ^[e]

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Photosynthetic pigment : Present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis. ^[e]

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Parent topics

• Light-harvesting complex [r]: The supercomplex of subunit proteins and pigments that gather light and direct the energy to the photosynthetic reaction centre in a photosystem. ^[e]
• Photosystem [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Phycobilin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Phycocyanobilin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Phycoerythrobilin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Carotene [r]: Antioxidant subgroup of carotenoids and precursors of Vitamin A. ^[e]
• Xanthophyll [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Phaeophytin a1 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Phaeophytin b1 [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chlorophyll [r]: A green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. ^[e]
• Chlorophyll a [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chlorophyll b [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Bacteriochlorophyll [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Photosynthetic reaction centre [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Resonance energy transfer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Photon [r]: elementary particle with zero rest mass and unit spin associated with the electromagnetic field. ^[e]