Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization
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Peroxisomes major sites of oxygen utilization (carrying out oxidative reactions).
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Peroxisomes contain oxidative enzymes: catalase and urate oxidase.
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Peroxisomes carry out oxidation reactions leading to the production of hydrogen peroxide.
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Catalase uses the H2O2 to oxidize a variety of other substrates (formic acid, formaldehyde, and alcohol) by the “peroxidation” reaction.
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