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Phycocyanin vs Phytocyanin - What's the difference?

phycocyanin | phytocyanin |

As nouns the difference between phycocyanin and phytocyanin

is that phycocyanin is a pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll while phytocyanin is any of a family of blue, copper-containing proteins present in many plants.

phycocyanin

English

Noun

(wikipedia phycocyanin)
  • (biochemistry) A pigment from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin, an accessory pigment to chlorophyll.

    • phytocyanin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a family of blue, copper-containing proteins present in many plants