Get to know Phycobilin better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like pigment.
Phycobilin meaning
Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.
Synonyms of Phycobilin
Using Phycobilin
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of a group of bilins (pigments derived from porphyrins) found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments.
- Useful related words include: pigment.
Context around Phycobilin
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phycobilin
- In this selection, "phycobilin" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pigments and phycoerytherin stand out and add context to how "phycobilin" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include have their phycobilin pigments organized and pigments the phycobilin phycoerytherin is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phycobilin" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phycobilin
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Cryptophyte chloroplasts and some cyanobacteria don't have their phycobilin pigments organized into phycobilisomes, and keep them in their thylakoid space instead. (22 words)
Rhodoplasts have chlorophyll a and phycobilins for photosynthetic pigments; the phycobilin phycoerytherin is responsible for giving many red algae their distinctive red color. (23 words)
Rhodoplasts have chlorophyll a and phycobilins for photosynthetic pigments; the phycobilin phycoerytherin is responsible for giving many red algae their distinctive red color. (23 words)
Cryptophyte chloroplasts and some cyanobacteria don't have their phycobilin pigments organized into phycobilisomes, and keep them in their thylakoid space instead. (22 words)
Example sentences (2)
Cryptophyte chloroplasts and some cyanobacteria don't have their phycobilin pigments organized into phycobilisomes, and keep them in their thylakoid space instead.
Rhodoplasts have chlorophyll a and phycobilins for photosynthetic pigments; the phycobilin phycoerytherin is responsible for giving many red algae their distinctive red color.