Light-harvesting complex/Related Articles

Light-harvesting complex: The supercomplex of subunit proteins and pigments that gather light and direct the energy to the photosynthetic reaction centre in a photosystem. ^[e]

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Parent topics

• Photosynthesis [r]: The process by which an organism captures and stores energy from sunlight, energy it uses to power its cellular activities. ^[e]
• Photosystem [r]: Add brief definition or description

Subtopics

• Photosynthetic reaction centre [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Resonance energy transfer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Photosynthetic pigment [r]: Present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis. ^[e]
  • Phycobilin [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Phycocyanobilin [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Phycoerythrobilin [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Carotene [r]: Antioxidant subgroup of carotenoids and precursors of Vitamin A. ^[e]
  • Xanthophyll [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Phaeophytin a1 [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Phaeophytin b1 [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Chlorophyll [r]: A green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. ^[e]
    • Chlorophyll a [r]: Add brief definition or description
    • Chlorophyll b [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Bacteriochlorophyll [r]: Add brief definition or description

Other related topics

• Photon [r]: elementary particle with zero rest mass and unit spin associated with the electromagnetic field. ^[e]