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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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Present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis.
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
- 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]