Original Research
Physiology and pathophysiology of cell organelles
Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Natuurwetenskap en Tegnologie | Vol 15, No 4 | a648 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/satnt.v15i4.648
| © 1996 J. J. Theron, A. Panzer, N. Claasen, N. Lizamore
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 July 1996 | Published: 11 July 1996
Submitted: 11 July 1996 | Published: 11 July 1996
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J. J. Theron,, South AfricaA. Panzer,, South Africa
N. Claasen,, South Africa
N. Lizamore,, South Africa
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Peroxisomes are round or oval organelles with a finely granular matrix surrounded by a single membrane and are especially found in liver and kidney cells. Catalase-positive structures or microperoxisomes are, however, found in all eucaryotic cells except mature red blood cells. Enzyme proteins (approximately fifty) destined for peroxisomes are synthesized in free cytosolic ribosomes and are incorporated in the matrix of forming organelles with the aid of two signal peptides: a carboxy terminal SKL-tripeptide and possibly an aminoterminal undecapeptide. The functions of peroxisomes include, inter alia, extramitochondrial fi-oxidation (especially very long chain fatty acids), synthesis of plasmalogens and other ether lipids and metabolism of hydrogen peroxide.
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