Protoporphyrin IX is the common precursor of hemes, chorophylls and phycobilins. Iron is required for phycobilin synthesis, although no iron is bound to bilins.
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Beale, S. I. (1994). Biosynthesis of Cyanobacterial Tetrapyrrole Pigments: Hemes, Chlorophylls, and Phycobilins. In The Molecular Biology of Cyanobacteria (pp. 519–558). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0227-8_17
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