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A major function of the peroxisome is the breakdown of very long chain fatty acids through beta oxidation. In animal cells, the long fatty acids are converted to medium chain fatty acids, which are subsequently shuttled to mitochondria where they eventually are broken down to carbon dioxide and water. In yeast and plant cells, this process is ...
A peroxisome is a type of microbody that functions to help the body break down large molecules and detoxify hazardous substances. It contains enzymes like oxidase, react hydrogen peroxide as a byproduct of its enzymatic reactions. Within the peroxisome, hydrogen peroxide can then be converted to water by enzymes like catalase and peroxidase.
Peroxins serve several functions including the recognition of cytoplasmic proteins that contain peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS) that tag them for transport by peroxisomal proteins to the peroxisome.
PPARs were originally identified in Xenopus frogs as receptors that induce the proliferation of peroxisomes in cells in 1992. [7] The first PPAR (PPARα) was discovered in 1990 during the search for a molecular target of a group of agents then referred to as peroxisome proliferators , as they increased peroxisomal numbers in rodent liver tissue ...
224824 Ensembl ENSG00000124587 ENSMUSG00000002763 UniProt Q13608 Q99LC9 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000287 NM_001316313 NM_145488 RefSeq (protein) NP_000278 NP_001303242 NP_663463 Location (UCSC) Chr 6: 42.96 – 42.98 Mb Chr 17: 47.02 – 47.04 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Peroxisome assembly factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PEX6 gene. PEX6 is an AAA ...
Peroxisomes are specialized cell organelles that carry out specific oxidative reactions using molecular oxygen. Their primary function is to remove hydrogen atoms from organic molecules, a process that results in the production of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2). [37] [20] Within peroxisomes, an enzyme called catalase plays a critical role
In eukaryotes, catalase is usually located in a cellular organelle called the peroxisome. [30] Peroxisomes in plant cells are involved in photorespiration (the use of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide) and symbiotic nitrogen fixation (the breaking apart of diatomic nitrogen (N 2) to reactive nitrogen atoms). Hydrogen peroxide is used as a ...
The protein is integrated into peroxisome membranes with its C-terminus exposed to the cytosol, and interacts with the cytosolic receptor for proteins containing a PTS1 peroxisomal targeting signal. The protein also functions as a transcriptional corepressor and interacts with a histone deacetylase.