peridinin

Noun

Meaning

peridinin (plural peridinins)

A light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll that appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.

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Examples

The peridinin chloroplast is thought to be the dinophytes' "original" chloroplast, which has been lost, reduced, replaced, or has company in several other dinophyte lineages. Source: Internet

The peridinin chloroplast is bounded by three membranes (occasionally two), having lost the red algal endosymbiont's original cell membrane. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

peridigital peridinian Peridiniidae peridinioid Peridinium peridinoid