OBO ID: GO:0030089 |
Term Name: | phycobilisome | Search Ontology: | |
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Definition: | Any of the granules, approximately 32 nm x 48 nm and consisting of highly aggregated phycobiliproteins, that are attached in arrays to the external face of a thylakoid membrane in algae of the phyla Cyanophyta and Rhodophyta, where they function as light-harvesting devices in photosynthesis. Excitation energy in the phycobilisome flows in the sequence: phycoerythrin, phycocyanin, allophycocyanin before passing to the antenna chlorophyll of photosystem II. (2) | ||
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Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component QuickGO AmiGO |
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