Microbodies: peroxisomes and glyoxysomes.

Microbodies: peroxisomes and glyoxysomes

Microbodies were first reported at the ultrastructural level in the proximal convoluted tubule ofmouse kidney by Rhodin in 1954 (1) and in hepatic parenchymal cells by Rouiller and Bernhard in 1956 (2) at about the time The Journal of Cell Biology was established . They were reported in plants by Porter and Caulfield in 1958 (3) and by Mollenhauer et al. in 1966 (4) . Microbodies are now recogn...

The development of microbodies (glyoxysomes and leaf peroxisomes) in cotyledons of germinating watermelon seedlings.

The ontogeny of glyoxysomes and leaf peroxisomes has been examined in the cotyledons of germinating watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris) seedlings. Organelles from the cotyledons were extracted by razor blade homogenization and microbodies were separated by sucrose density gradient fractionation. Both kinds of microbodies have the same mean equilibrium density on sucrose gradients.The development of...

Microbodies (Glyoxysomes and Peroxisomes) in Cucumber Cotyledons: Correlative Biochemical and Ultrastructural Study in Light- and Dark-grown Seedlings.

The changes in activities of glyoxysomal and peroxisomal enzymes have been correlated with the fine structure of microbodies in cotyledons of the cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) during the transition from fat degradation to photosynthesis in light-grown plants, and in plants grown in the dark and then exposed to light. During early periods of development in the light (days 2 through 4), the micro...

Import of proteins into peroxisomes and other microbodies.

Cytochemical Localization of Catalase in Leaf Microbodies (peroxisomes)

Segments of mature tobacco leaves were fixed in glutaraldehyde, incubated in medium containing 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) and hydrogen peroxide, and postfixed in osmium tetroxide. Electron microscopic observation of treated tissues revealed pronounced deposition of a highly electron-opaque material in microbodies but not in other organelles. The coarsely granular reaction product is presumably...