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Term:
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peroxisome +   
A small organelle enclosed by a single membrane, and found in most eukaryotic cells. Contains peroxidases and other enzymes involved in a variety of metabolic processes including free radical detoxification, lipid catabolism and biosynthesis, and hydrogen peroxide metabolism.
Woronin body 

Synonyms
Broad Synonyms: peroxisome vesicle
Related Synonyms: peroxisomal
Alternate IDs: GO:0019818
Xrefs: NIF_Subcellular:sao499555322 ;   Wikipedia:Peroxisome
Definition Sources: GOC:pm, PMID:9302272, UniProtKB-KW:KW-0576

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