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pcyA is used to catalyse the formation of phycocyanobilin (PCB), a chromophore of the phytochrome family of photoreceptors, photosynthetic light-harvesting complexes required for circadian clock. It is usually used in association with ho1 that catalyses the formation of biliverdin (BV) IXα via heme.

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Figure 1: Phycobilin biosynthetic pathway in cyanobacteria showing the formation of PCB from heme. The first step comprises HOI-catalyzed heme degradation. (Ken et al 2009)

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