Photosynthetic pigment, the Glossary (2025)

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Table of Contents Bacteria Bacteriochlorophyll Bacteriorhodopsin Biological pigment Carotene Chlorophyll a Chlorophyll b Chloroplast Cyanobacteria Diffuse reflection Electromagnetic spectrum Gammaproteobacteria Haloarchaea Hydrogen sulfide Light Oxygen Pheophytin Photosynthesis Phycobiliprotein Proteorhodopsin Proton pump Xanthophyll See also Photosynthetic pigments References

A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis.^[1]

22 relations: Bacteria, Bacteriochlorophyll, Bacteriorhodopsin, Biological pigment, Carotene, Chlorophyll a, Chlorophyll b, Chloroplast, Cyanobacteria, Diffuse reflection, Electromagnetic spectrum, Gammaproteobacteria, Haloarchaea, Hydrogen sulfide, Light, Oxygen, Pheophytin, Photosynthesis, Phycobiliprotein, Proteorhodopsin, Proton pump, Xanthophyll.
Photosynthetic pigments

Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Bacteriochlorophyll

Bacteriochlorophylls (BChl) are photosynthetic pigments that occur in various phototrophic bacteria. Photosynthetic pigment and Bacteriochlorophyll are photosynthetic pigments.

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Bacteriorhodopsin

Bacteriorhodopsin (Bop) is a protein used by Archaea, most notably by haloarchaea, a class of the Euryarchaeota.

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Biological pigment

Biological pigments, also known simply as pigments or biochromes, are substances produced by living organisms that have a color resulting from selective color absorption.

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Carotene

The term carotene (also carotin, from the Latin carota, "carrot") is used for many related unsaturated hydrocarbon substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but in general cannot be made by animals (with the exception of some aphids and spider mites which acquired the synthesizing genes from fungi).

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Chlorophyll a

Chlorophyll a is a specific form of chlorophyll used in oxygenic photosynthesis. It absorbs most energy from wavelengths of violet-blue and orange-red light, and it is a poor absorber of green and near-green portions of the spectrum. Chlorophyll does not reflect light but chlorophyll-containing tissues appear green because green light is diffusively reflected by structures like cell walls. Photosynthetic pigment and chlorophyll a are photosynthetic pigments.

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Chlorophyll b

Chlorophyll b is a form of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll b helps in photosynthesis by absorbing light energy. It is more soluble than chlorophyll ''a'' in polar solvents because of its carbonyl group. Its color is green, and it primarily absorbs blue light. In land plants, the light-harvesting antennae around photosystem II contain the majority of chlorophyll b. Photosynthetic pigment and chlorophyll b are photosynthetic pigments.

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Chloroplast

A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells.

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Cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis.

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Diffuse reflection

Diffuse reflection is the reflection of light or other waves or particles from a surface such that a ray incident on the surface is scattered at many angles rather than at just one angle as in the case of specular reflection.

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Electromagnetic spectrum

The electromagnetic spectrum is the full range of electromagnetic radiation, organized by frequency or wavelength.

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Gammaproteobacteria

Gammaproteobacteria is a class of bacteria in the phylum Pseudomonadota (synonym Proteobacteria).

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Haloarchaea

Haloarchaea (halophilic archaea, halophilic archaebacteria, halobacteria) are a class of prokaryotic organisms under the archaeal phylum Euryarchaeota, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.

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Hydrogen sulfide

Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula.

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Light

Light, visible light, or visible radiation is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

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Pheophytin

* Pheophytin or phaeophytin is a chemical compound that serves as the first electron carrier intermediate in the electron transfer pathway of Photosystem II (PS II) in plants, and the type II photosynthetic reaction center (RC P870) found in purple bacteria. Photosynthetic pigment and Pheophytin are photosynthetic pigments.

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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.

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Phycobiliprotein

Phycobiliproteins are water-soluble proteins present in cyanobacteria and certain algae (rhodophytes, cryptomonads, glaucocystophytes). Photosynthetic pigment and Phycobiliprotein are photosynthetic pigments.

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Proteorhodopsin

Proteorhodopsin (also known as pRhodopsin) is a family of transmembrane proteins that use retinal as a chromophore for light-mediated functionality, in this case, a proton pump.

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Proton pump

A proton pump is an integral membrane protein pump that builds up a proton gradient across a biological membrane.

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Xanthophyll

Xanthophylls (originally phylloxanthins) are yellow pigments that occur widely in nature and form one of two major divisions of the carotenoid group; the other division is formed by the carotenes.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetic_pigment

Also known as Antenna pigment, Antenna pigments, Light harvesting pigment, Light-harvesting pigment, Photosynthetic Pigments, Photosynthetic antenna molecule, Pigments in Chloroplast.

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