GO_term: GO:0030089   

GO:0030089	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.
	Term	phycobilisome
	Type	Cellular_component
	Parent	Instance_of	GO:0030076
		Component_of	GO:0009843
			GO:0030075
	Attributes_of	Motif (8)
		Index (2)

Please provide feedback if you are experiencing any difficulties with this website.