WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0030089
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| GO:0030089 | Name | phycobilisome | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any of the granules, approximately 32 nm x 48 nm and consisting of highly aggregated phycobiliproteins, that are attached in arrays to the external face of a thylakoid membrane in algae of the phyla Cyanophyta and Rhodophyta, where they function as light-harvesting devices in photosynthesis. Excitation energy in the phycobilisome flows in the sequence: phycoerythrin, phycocyanin, allophycocyanin before passing to the antenna chlorophyll of photosystem II. | ||
| Status | Valid | ||
| Type | Cellular_component | ||
| Parent | Instance_of | GO:0030076 | |
| GO:0098796 | |||
| Component_of | GO:0042651 | ||
| Attributes_of | Motif (13) | ||
| Index | Ancestor (14) | ||
| Version | Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15 |
