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Peroxisomes- found in plant and animal cells

Peroxisomes- found in plant and animal cells. Tim Swierzewski and Abby Derstine. Why we need them. The enzyme catalase within the peroxisome uses hydrogen peroxide to form water Your cells will be damaged without peroxisomes, because peroxisomes are highly toxic. Description.

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Peroxisomes- found in plant and animal cells

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  1. Peroxisomes- found in plant and animal cells Tim Swierzewski and Abby Derstine

  2. Why we need them • The enzyme catalase within the peroxisome uses hydrogen peroxide to form water • Your cells will be damaged without peroxisomes, because peroxisomes are highly toxic

  3. Description • Resemble lysosomes • 0.5-1.5 um in size • Enclosed by a single membrane (phospholipid bilayer) which allows the import of peroxins • Filled with enzymes which speed up processes in the peroxisome

  4. Description This diagram is the inside of a cell. All the blue spheres aside from the nucleus are peroxisomes. There a several hundred in each human cell.

  5. Discovery • Who?? Christian De Duve • When?? In 1954 • How?? While looking at a mouse kidney under an electron microscope

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