NEET2008BotanyPlant - Growth and DevelopmentActual
In germinating seeds fatty acids are degrad exclusively in the
Options
- Aproplastids
- Bglyoxisomes
- Cperoxisomes
- Dmitochondria
Correct answer
B. glyoxisomes
Step-by-step solution
Glyoxysomes are found to occur in the cells of yeast, Neurospora and oil rich seeds of many higher plants. During germination of oily seeds, the stored lipid molecules of sphaerosomes are hydrolysed by the enzyme lipase to glycerol and fatty acids. The long chain fatty acids are then broken down by successive removal of two carbon fragments in the process of -oxidation. Peroxisomes are present in all photosynthetic cells of higher plants in etiolated leaf tissue. It is the site of hydrogen peroxide metabolism and g