Peroxisome structure, function, and biogenesis--human patients and yeast mutants show strikingly similar defects in peroxisome biogenesis.

Abstract excerpt

Peroxisomes are found in almost all eukaryotic cells. Two major functions of the organelle are in lipid metabolism: peroxisomes catalyze the initial steps in the biosynthesis of plasmalogens, which are phospholipids that are present in large amounts in myelin. Peroxisomes also catalyze the beta-oxidation of fatty acids; this pathway is essential for the catabolism of a variety of substrates that are not oxidized...

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Animals
• Genes, Fungal
• Humans
• Microbodies
• Mitochondria
• Models, Biological
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Protein Biosynthesis
• Proteins