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metabolosomes

metabolosomes is the plural of metabolosome.

Meaning of metabolosome

Noun

metabolosome (plural metabolosomes)

  1. 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

Questions about metabolosomes

What is metabolosomes the plural of?
Metabolosomes is the plural of metabolosome.

Words near metabolosomes in the dictionary

  1. metabolon
  2. metabolons
  3. metabolopathies
  4. metabolopathy
  5. metabolosome
  6. metabolosomes
  7. metabolostat
  8. metabolotype
  9. metabolotypes
  10. metabolotyping
  11. metabolous

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