Saturation = extent of packing

Fully saturated fatty acids in the extended form pack into nearly crystalline arrays, stabilized by many hydrophobic interactions.

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Peroxisomes contain oxidative enzymes: catalase and urate oxidase.

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Peroxisomes major sites of oxygen utilization (carrying out oxidative reactions).

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In plant cells,

Golgi apparatus serves as the site at which the complex polysaccharides of the cell wall (pectin & hemicellulose) are synthesized.

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SNARE complex is disassembled by ATP-dependent reaction mediated by cytosolic proteins, NSF & α-SNAP

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SNARE-mediated fusion occurs during exocytosis of secreted proteins. In this case, 

v-SNARE, are VAMP 

t-SNAREs are syntaxin & SNAP-25

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Sets of SNARE Proteins responsible for the eventual fusion of a vesicle with the target membrane:

Vesicle-specific membrane protein, v-SNARE

Target membrane contains t-SNARE