different between tetrapyrrole vs phycobilin

tetrapyrrole

English

Etymology

tetra- +? pyrrole

Noun

tetrapyrrole (plural tetrapyrroles)

  1. (biochemistry) any of several natural pigments having a structure of four pyrrole rings connected by a one-carbon unit

Translations

See also

  • porphyrin

tetrapyrrole From the web:

  • what is cyclic tetrapyrrole


phycobilin

English

Noun

phycobilin (plural phycobilins)

  1. (biochemistry) any of a group of highly coloured pigments found in some photosynthetic algae; they are open-chain tetrapyrroles related to mammalian bile pigments

Translations

phycobilin From the web:

  • what phycobilin pigment
  • what are phycobilins used for
  • what does phycobilin mean
  • what does phycobilin mean in biology
  • what is a phycobilins in biology
  • what color does phycobilins reflect
  • what pigment
  • what are examples of pigments
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