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Acceptor vs Phycocyanobilin - What's the difference?

acceptor | phycocyanobilin |

As nouns the difference between acceptor and phycocyanobilin

is that acceptor is one who accepts while phycocyanobilin is a blue phycobilin present in the phycobiliproteins allophycocyanin and phycocyanin, of which it is the terminal acceptor of energy.

acceptor

English

Alternative forms

* (qualifier) acceptour

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who accepts.
  • (legal, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
  • (chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
  • (biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
  • (physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor.

    • phycocyanobilin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia phycocyanobilin)
  • A blue phycobilin present in the phycobiliproteins allophycocyanin and phycocyanin, of which it is the terminal acceptor of energy.