peroxisomes


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peroxisomes

Membrane-bound cell organelles containing oxidative enzymes concerned in the detoxification of various molecules and in the breakdown of fatty acids to acetyl-CoA.
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If the peroxisomes are damaged or absent, a toxic accumulation of very-long-chain fatty acids occurs.
Germany : Coconut oil prolongs life in peroxisomal disorders
Zhang et al., "Peroxisomes are signaling platforms for antiviral innate immunity," Cell, vol.
The Solute Carrier Transporter SLC15A3 Participates in Antiviral Innate Immune Responses against Herpes Simplex Virus-1
The team found that medium-chain fatty alcohols could be produced in yeast by targeted expression of fatty acyl-CoA reductase, or TaFAR, in the peroxisome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Yeast is good for a lot more than bread
In cells that lacked Pex11b, peroxisomes weren't divvied up evenly: in some cases, one daughter cell ended up with all of the peroxisomes and the other didn't get any at all.
Scientists discover an unexpected influence on dividing stem cells' fate
Peroxisomes are versatile organelles found in most eukaryotic cells.
Pro- and Antioxidant Functions of the Peroxisome-Mitochondria Connection and Its Impact on Aging and Disease
Peroxisomes are thought to form by the division of pre-exiting peroxisomes after the import of newly synthesized proteins.
Peroxisome biogenesis and human peroxisome-deficiency disorders
"ABCD1 is a protein located in the peroxisomes, compartments of the cell that detoxify chemicals and lipids, and thus the implication of mitochondria in such a disease was not obvious.
Diabetic drug could help treat neurodegenerative disease
Aubourg, "Peroxisomes, myelination, and axonal integrity in the CNS," Neuroscientist, vol.
Palmitoylethanolamide is a disease-modifying agent in peripheral neuropathy: pain relief and neuroprotection share a PPAR-alpha-mediated mechanism
2008), we observed a marked hepatomegaly in mPPAR[alpha] mice exposed to TRI that may be due to cellular hypertrophy resulting from increased numbers of peroxisomes (Nakajima et al.
Differential response to trichloroethylene-induced hepatosteatosis in wild-type and PPAR[alpha]-humanized mice
The catalase that a cell makes normally goes directly into organelles known as peroxisomes. Rabinovitch's team designed its genetic manipulation so that in some of the mice, the extra catalase went into its normal location.
Long live the mammals: antioxidant redirection extends mouse life span
Peroxisomes are present in virtually every eukaryotic cell type except the mature erythrocyte.
Method for measurement of peroxisomal very-long-chain fatty acid ([beta]-oxidation in human skin fibroblasts using stable-isotope-labeled tetracosanoic acid
In an earlier report (3), we indicated that the posterior vacuole had properties of peroxisomes, which function primarily to process very long chain fatty acids (VLCFA) with the assistance of key enzymes, acyl-CoA oxidase (ACOX) and catalase.
Catalase in microsporidian spores before and during discharge

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