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Meaning of "phycobilin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYCOBILIN

phycobilin  [ˌfaɪkəʊˈbaɪlɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYCOBILIN

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Phycobilin is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PHYCOBILIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phycobilin

Phycobilins (from Greek: φύκος (phykos) meaning "alga", and from Latin: bilis meaning "bile") are light-capturing bilanes found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of red algae, glaucophytes and some cryptomonads (though not in green algae and plants). Most of their molecules consist of a chromophore which makes them colored. They are unique among the photosynthetic pigments in that they are bonded to certain water-soluble proteins, known as phycobiliproteins. Phycobiliproteins then pass the light energy to chlorophylls for photosynthesis. The phycobilins are especially efficient at absorbing red, orange, yellow, and green light, wavelengths that are not well absorbed by chlorophyll a. Organisms growing in shallow waters tend to contain phycobilins that can capture yellow/red light, while those at greater depth often contain more of the phycobilins that can capture green light, which is relatively more abundant there. The phycobilins fluoresce at a particular wavelength, and are, therefore, often used in research as chemical tags, e.g., by binding phycobiliproteins to antibodies in a technique known as immunofluorescence.

Definition of phycobilin in the English dictionary

The definition of phycobilin in the dictionary is any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYCOBILIN


amoxicillin
əˈmɒksɪˌsɪlɪn
amoxycillin
əˈmɒksɪˌsɪlɪn
ampicillin
ˌæmpɪˈsɪlɪn
anilin
ˈænɪlɪn
aniline
ˈænɪlɪn
brazilin
ˈbræzɪlɪn
cloxacillin
ˌklɒksəˈsɪlɪn
dimethylaniline
daɪˌmiːθaɪlˈænɪlɪn
Enniskillen
ˌɛnɪsˈkɪlɪn
haematoxylin
ˌhiːməˈtɒksɪlɪn
hematoxylin
ˌhiːməˈtɒksɪlɪn
Kerguelen
ˈkɜːɡɪlɪn
methicillin
ˌmɛθɪˈsɪlɪn
myelin
ˈmaɪɪlɪn
nepheline
ˈnɛfɪlɪn
oxacillin
ˌɒksəˈsɪlɪn
penicillin
ˌpɛnɪˈsɪlɪn
silen
ˈsaɪlɪn
urobilin
ˌjʊərəʊˈbaɪlɪn
vanillin
ˈvænɪlɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYCOBILIN

phwoar
phycobiont
phycocyan
phycocyanin
phycoerythrin
phycological
phycologist
phycology
phycomycete
phycomycetous
phycophaein
phycoxanthin
Phyfe
phyla
phylacteric
phylacterical
phylacteries
phylactery
phylactic
phylae

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYCOBILIN

berlin
brasilin
colin
Dublin
franklin
goblin
Guilin
Jilin
Kweilin
lin
Lublin
merlin
Michelin
moulin
resilin
rosanilin
siderophilin
subtilin
violin
zeppelin

Synonyms and antonyms of phycobilin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phycobilin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHYCOBILIN

Find out the translation of phycobilin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phycobilin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phycobilin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

藻胆素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ficobilina
570 millions of speakers

English

phycobilin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phycobilin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فيكوبيلين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фикобилиновых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ficobilina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phycobilin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phycobilin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phycobilin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phycobilin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フィコビリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

phycobilin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phycobilin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phycobilin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phycobilin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फाइक्रोबिलिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fikobilin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phycobilin
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

phycobilin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фікобілінових
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

phycobilin
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

phycobilin
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phycobilin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

phycobilin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phycobilin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phycobilin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYCOBILIN»

The term «phycobilin» is used very little and occupies the 184.929 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYCOBILIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phycobilin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phycobilin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phycobilin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYCOBILIN»

Discover the use of phycobilin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phycobilin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Laboratory and Field Investigations in Marine Life
Disconnect the vacuum hose, and carefully uncork the column and dump the contents of the flask into the sink. The solution you dump should NOT contain the pink phycobilin. 6. After dumping, rinse out the flask to get rid of any diatomaceous ...
Gordon Dudley, James Sumich, Virginia Dudley, 2011
2
Biotechnological Approaches for Sustainable Development
Pigment composition of algae Recently forty one species of cyanobacteria including unicellular, colonial, non-heterocystous and heterocystous filamentous were screened for the phycobilin pigments (Kaushik, 2000). The total phycobilin ...
M. Sudhakara Reddy, Sunil Khanna, 2004
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Enzymes—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition
University. of. New. Orleans: CyanoLyase: a. database. of. phycobilin. lyase. sequences,. motifs. and. functions. By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Business Week — Current study results on Enzymes and Coenzymes have been ...
‎2013
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Light-Harvesting Antennas in Photosynthesis
Binding of Chromophores to Phycobiliproteins The phycobilin chromophores of phycobiliproteins are bound to the polypeptide chain at conserved positions, either by one cysteinyl thioether linkage through the vinyl substituent on pyrrole ring ...
Beverley Green, W.W. Parson, 2003
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Photosynthesis
I.A. The Phycobilin Pigments Unlike the chlorophyll-protein complex, where the pigments can usually be extracted with organic solvents, the extraction of the chromophores in phycobiliproteins require rather harsh chemical treatments as they ...
Bacon Ke, 2001
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The Phototrophic Prokaryotes
It could be that high levels of biliver- din or low levels of bilirubin serve as repressers of the transcription of phycobilin bio- synthetic genes or, either directly or indirectly, of the activity of the enzymes which they encode. Another possibility is that ...
Günter A. Peschek, Wolfgang Löffelhardt, Georg Schmetterer, 1999
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The Biology of Blue-green Algae
which contain chlorophyll a and a phycobilin and which carry out an oxygen- evolving photosynthesis. They may be unicellular or filamentous, but never 'leafy', and they are rarely extensively branched. The largest prokaryotic cells known are  ...
N. G. Carr, Brian A. Whitton, 1973
8
Competition Science Vision
Such other environmental factors as temperature and light levels also vary with the seasons but are clearly much less dependable from year to year. Q. What is phycobilin ? How does it contribute to photosynthesis ? »*• Phycobilin is a ...
9
Phytoplankton and Equilibrium Concept: The Ecology of ...
In the cryptomonads. the identity of the particular phycobilin spectral type present is now widely accepted as being taxonomically significant at the generic level. The genus Hemiselmis has both PE- and PC-containing species, but this is now ...
International Association of Phytoplankton Taxonomy and Ecology. Workshop, Luigi Naselli-Flores, Judit Padisák, 2003
10
The Biosynthesis of the Tetrapyrrole Pigments
In vitro studies on phycobilin biosynthesis By 1983, the involvement of haem and biliverdin in phycobilin biosynthesis had been established by the in vivo experiments described above. Cell-free extracts from phycobilin-forming organisms that ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2008

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYCOBILIN»

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Red algae offers economic benefits
phycobilin pigments, r-phycoerythin and r-phycocyanin, which are extensively used in the cosmetic, biomedical, and pharmaceutical industries ... «The Manila Times, Apr 15»

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