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WHAT ARE PEROXISOMES??

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 IN PLANT CELL 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.