metabolosome
metabolosome 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.
Noun
metabolosome (plural metabolosomes)
- A 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
metabolosome meaning in Malayalam
metabolosome in Malayalam
- metabolosome
- മെറ്റാബോലോസോം meṟṟābōlōsōṁ
Forms of metabolosome
| plural | metabolosomes |
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Questions about metabolosome
- What does metabolosome mean?
- Metabolosome means a polyhedral organelle, in some bacteria, that has a shell of protein and contains a collection of enzymes associated with a specific metabolic process.
- What is metabolosome in Malayalam?
- Metabolosome in Malayalam is മെറ്റാബോലോസോം (meṟṟābōlōsōṁ). See Metabolosome meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is metabolosome?
- Metabolosome is a noun.
- What is the plural of metabolosome?
- The plural of metabolosome is metabolosomes.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: metabolosome (page history and authors); മെറ്റാബോലോസോം (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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