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Phycoerythrin

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004925

The metal-free red phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of red algae. It functions as a light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004925
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2014; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoPhycobiliprotein
TranslationsSpanish: ficoeritrina
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004925",
  "term": "Phycoerythrin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The metal-free red phycobilin pigment in a conjugated chromoprotein of red algae. It functions as a light-absorbing substance together with chlorophylls.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "phycobiliprotein"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2014",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ficoeritrina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/phycoerythrin/"
}

Record 4,860 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.