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==== Phycobilins ==== [[Phycobilin]]s are a third group of pigments found in [[cyanobacteria]], and [[glaucophyte]], [[red algal]], and [[Cryptomonad|cryptophyte]] chloroplasts.<ref name="Kim-2009" /><ref name="Howe-2008">{{cite journal | vauthors=Howe CJ, Barbrook AC, Nisbet RE, Lockhart PJ, Larkum AW | title=The origin of plastids | journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences | volume=363 | issue=1504 | pages=2675β85 | date=August 2008 | pmid=18468982 | pmc=2606771 | doi=10.1098/rstb.2008.0050 }}</ref> Phycobilins come in all colors, though [[phycoerytherin]] is one of the pigments that makes many red algae red.<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to the Rhodophyta|url=http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/protista/rhodophyta.html|publisher=University of California Museum of Paleontology|access-date=20 May 2013}}</ref> Phycobilins often organize into relatively large protein complexes about 40 nanometers across called [[phycobilisome]]s.<ref name="Kim-2009" /> Like [[photosystem I]] and [[ATP synthase]], phycobilisomes jut into the stroma, preventing thylakoid stacking in red algal chloroplasts.<ref name="Kim-2009" /> [[Cryptomonad|Cryptophyte]] chloroplasts and some cyanobacteria don't have their phycobilin pigments organized into phycobilisomes, and keep them in their thylakoid space instead.<ref name="Kim-2009" /> {| cellpadding="4" style="text-align: center; margin-left:auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 20px;" |- | colspan=10 | '''Photosynthetic pigments.''' Presence of pigments across chloroplast groups and cyanobacteria. Colored cells represent pigment presence. Chl = chlorophyll<ref name="Kim-2009" /><ref name="Takaichi-2011" /><ref name="Howe-2008" /> |- | | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #00bb90;"| [[Chlorophyll a|<span style="color:#00bb90;">'''Chl ''a'''''</span>]] | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #00bb34;"| [[Chlorophyll b|<span style="color:#00bb34;">'''Chl ''b'''''</span>]] | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #d3cf00;"| [[Chlorophyll c|<span style="color:#d3cf00;">'''Chl ''c'''''</span>]] | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #00d30c; color: #00d30c;"| '''[[Chlorophyll|<span style="color:#00d30c;">Chl</span>]] ''[[Chlorophyll d|<span style="color:#00d30c;">d</span>]]'' and ''[[Chlorophyll f|<span style="color:#00d30c;">f</span>]]''''' | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #e2c000;"| [[Xanthophylls|<span style="color:#e2c000;">'''Xanthophylls'''</span>]] | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #ff9e00;"| [[Alpha carotene|<span style="color:#ff9e00;">'''Ξ±-carotene'''</span>]] | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #ff6000;"| [[Beta carotene|<span style="color:#ff6000;">'''Ξ²-carotene'''</span>]] | style="border-bottom: 2px solid #ff0040;"| [[Phycobilins|<span style="color:#ff0040;">'''Phycobilins'''</span>]] <!-- | bgcolor="#ff8700" style="color: #fff;"|'''Phycourobilin''' | bgcolor="#ff0040" style="color: #fff;"|'''Phycoerythrobilin''' | bgcolor="#00c4ff" style="color: #fff;"|'''Phycocyanobilin''' --> |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #24d12b;"| '''[[Land plants|<span style="color:#24d12b;">Land plants</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#00bb34; color:#fff;"| | | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#ff9e00; color:#fff; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; border-right:2px solid white;"| |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #24d14e;"| '''[[Green algae|<span style="color:#24d14e;">Green algae</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#00bb34; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#d3cf00; color:#fff; opacity:0.3;"| | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#ff9e00; color:#fff; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; border-right:2px solid white;"| | |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #24d16d; color: #24d16d" rowspan="2"| '''[[Euglenophyta|<span style="color:#24d16d;">Euglenophytes</span>]]''' and <br />'''[[Chlorarachniophyta|<span style="color:#24d16d;">Chlorarachniophytes</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#00bb34; color:#fff;"| | | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; border-right:2px solid white;"| |- | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#00bb34; color:#fff;"| | | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; border-right:2px solid white;"| |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #dc003e;"| '''[[Red algae|<span style="color:#dc003e;">Multicellular red algae</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | | | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#ff9e00; color:#fff; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; opacity:0.5; border-right:2px solid white;"| | style="background:#ff0040; color:#fff;"| |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #dc0052;"| '''[[Red algae|<span style="color:#dc0052;">Unicellular red algae</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | | | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff; opacity:0.8;"| | | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; opacity:0.5; border-right:2px solid white;"| | style="background:#ff0040; color:#fff;"| |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #b13b00; color: #b13b00" rowspan="2"| '''[[Haptophyta|<span style="color:#b13b00;">Haptophytes</span>]]''' and <br />'''[[Dinophyta|<span style="color:#b13b00;">Dinophytes</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#d3cf00; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; opacity:1; border-right:2px solid white;"| | |- | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#d3cf00; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; opacity:0.5; border-right:2px solid white;"| | |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #ca4300;"| '''[[Cryptomonad|<span style="color:#ca4300;">Cryptophytes</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#d3cf00; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#ff9e00; color:#fff;"| | | style="background:#ff0040; color:#fff;"| |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #00ca9b;"| '''[[Glaucophytes|<span style="color:#00ca9b;">Glaucophytes</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | | | | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff; opacity:0.8;"| | | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; opacity:1; border-right:2px solid white;"| | style="background:#ff0040; color:#fff;"| |- | style="text-align: right; padding-right: 10px; border-right: 4px solid #00c9be;"| '''[[Cyanobacteria|<span style="color:#00c9be;">Cyanobacteria</span>]]''' | style="background:#00bb90; color:#fff;"| | style="background:#00bb34; color:#fff; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#d3cf00; color:#fff; opacity:0.3;"| | style="background:#00d30c; color:#fff; border-right:2px solid white; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#e2c000; color:#fff; opacity:1;"| | style="background:#ff9e00; color:#fff; opacity:0.5;"| | style="background:#ff6000; color:#fff; opacity:1; border-right:2px solid white;"| | style="background:#ff0040; color:#fff;"| |}
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