A membrane-bounded plant cell organelle, especially found in germinating seeds, and involved in the breakdown and conversion of stored fatty acids to acetyl-CoA for the glyoxylate bypass. Since they are rich in catalase, glyoxysomes may be related to microbodies or peroxisomes, or be derived from them.
References
Sengbusch, Peter V. (2003) Botany online: Peroxysomes and Glyoxysomes [1]
UniProt Knowledgebase keyword: Glyoxysome[2]
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