- A
peroxisome (/pəˈrɒksɪˌsoʊm/) is a membrane-bound organelle, a type of microbody,
found in the
cytoplasm of
virtually all
eukaryotic cells. Peroxisomes...
- In the
field of
molecular biology, the
peroxisome proliferator–activated
receptors (PPARs) are a
group of
nuclear receptor proteins that
function as transcription...
-
Peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor gamma (PPAR-γ or PPARG), also
known as the
glitazone reverse insulin resistance receptor, or NR1C3 (nuclear...
-
Peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor alpha (PPAR-α), also
known as NR1C1 (nuclear
receptor subfamily 1,
group C,
member 1), is a
nuclear receptor...
-
Peroxisome proliferator-activated
receptor delta (PPAR-delta), or (PPAR-beta), also
known as
Nuclear hormone receptor 1 (NUC1) is a
nuclear receptor that...
- PPAR
agonists are
drugs which act upon the
peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor. They are used for the
treatment of
symptoms of the
metabolic syndrome...
- plants, protozoa, and animals.
Organelles in the
microbody family include peroxisomes, glyoxysomes,
glycosomes and hydrogenosomes. In vertebrates, microbodies...
- In enzymology, a
peroxisome-****embly
ATPase (EC 3.6.4.7) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction ATP + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
-
conditions caused by
defects in
peroxisome functions. This may be due to
defects in
single enzymes important for
peroxisome function or in peroxins, proteins...
- biochemist. He made
serendipitous discoveries of two cell organelles,
peroxisomes and lysosomes, for
which he
shared the
Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine...
