metabolosome

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noun

A polyhedral organelle, in some bacteria, that has a shell of protein and contains a collection of enzymes associated with a specific metabolic process.

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Meanings

nounmetabolosome (plural metabolosomes)

plural metabolosomes

  1. biologyA polyhedral organelle, in some bacteria, that has a shell of protein and contains a collection of enzymes associated with a specific metabolic process.

    The sequential metabolic reactions are envisaged as taking place on an RNA organizing structure, which we term a 'metabolosome'.

    1990, Angus I. Lamond, “Catalytic RNA and the origin of genetic systems”, in Trends in Genetics, volume 6, page 145
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