phycourobilin

P3H4Y4C3O1U1R1O1B3I1L1I1N1

noun

A tetrapyrrole orange molecule involved in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae.

Scrabble 25

Meanings

nounphycourobilin (usually uncountable, plural phycourobilins)

plural phycourobilins

  1. uncountableusuallybiochemistryA tetrapyrrole orange molecule involved in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae.
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