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Concept information

Preferred term

complejo captador de luz

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information Complejo de proteínas de pigmento que capta la energía de la luz y la convierte en energía excitón que puede migrar al centro de reacción fotosintética donde ocurre la fotosíntesis. La luz es absorbida por moléculas de pigmento (e.g. clorofila, bacterioclorofila, carotenoides, ficobilina) que se adhieren a la proteína.

In other languages

  • English

  • chlorophyll antenna
  • chlorophyll antennae
  • light harvesting antennae
  • light harvesting complex 1
  • light harvesting complex 2
  • light harvesting complex I
  • light harvesting complex II
  • light-harvesting antenna complex
  • light-harvesting antenna complexes
  • light-harvesting antenna proteins
  • light-harvesting antenna systems
  • light-harvesting center

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/50030

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