PEROXISOMES

Question 1

For what do peroxisomes contain enzymes ?

Answer 1

They have enzyme for peroxide biosynthesis.

Question 2

Peroxisomes mainly occur in ?

Answer 2

These occur in most of the animals and plants but are quite common in photosynthetic cells where these perform “photorespiration”

Question 3

For photorespiration these are associated with ?

Answer 3

For this they are associated with chloroplast and mitochondria.

Question 4

What types of reaction does peroxisomes posses ?

Answer 4

They posses both

1. Peroxide producing(glycolate oxidase – glycolate pathway )
2. Peroxide destroying enzymes (catalase)