PEROXISOMES

ISOLATED FROM;

DE-DUVE AND COWORKERS ISOLATED IN 1965 PARTICLES FROM LIVER CELLS AND

   OTHER TISSUES WHICH WERE ENRICHED WITH SOME OXIDATIVE ENZYMES, 

 SUCH AS;

 PEROXIDASE,

 CATALASE,

  GLYCOLIC ACID OXIDASE AND SOME OTHER ENZYMES.

WHY WE CALLED IT PEROXISOMES??

 THE NAME PEROXISOME WAS APPLIED BECAUSE THIS ORGANELLE IS SPECIFICALLY

     INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION AND DECOMPOSITION OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN

     THE CELL. 

CYTOPLASMIC ORGANELLE;

THESE ARE SINGLE MEMBRANE ENCLOSED CYTOPLASMIC ORGANELLE FOUND

    BOTH IN ANIMAL AND PLANT CELLS.


IN ANIMAL CELL

peroxisomes


IN PLANT CELL



peroxisomes


CONTAINS

THESE ARE CHARACTERIZED BY CONTAINING H2O2-PRODUCING OXIDASES AND

    CATALASE. 

DIAMETER;

THEY ARE APPROXIMATELY 0.5 UM IN DIAMETER. 

FOUND IN;

THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND IN PROTOZOA, YEAST AND MANY CELL TYPES OF

    HIGHER PLANTS.