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Peroxisome vs Glycosome - What's the difference?

peroxisome | glycosome |

As nouns the difference between peroxisome and glycosome

is that peroxisome is (cytology) an intracellular organelle found in all eukaryotes (except archezoa) which is the source of the enzymes that catalyze the production and breakdown hydrogen peroxide, and are responsible for the oxidation of long-chain fatty acids while glycosome is a membrane-enclosed organelle that contains the glycolytic enzymes.

peroxisome

English

Noun

(wikipedia peroxisome) (en noun)
  • (cytology) An intracellular organelle found in all eukaryotes (except Archezoa) which is the source of the enzymes that catalyze the production and breakdown hydrogen peroxide, and are responsible for the oxidation of long-chain fatty acids.

    • glycosome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia glycosome)
  • A membrane-enclosed organelle that contains the glycolytic enzymes.