Diagram of a Cryptophyte Cell (IMAGE)

Ruhr-University Bochum

Diagram of a Cryptophyte Cell

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This is a schematic of the complex construction of a cryptophyte cell. The barrel-like docking enzyme GtCPES is found in an inner compartment, the chloroplast stroma. Here, the enzyme is responsible for the transport and docking of the magenta-colored pigment phycoerythrobilin to the phycobiliprotein structure.

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Kristina Overkamp

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