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Evolutionary aspects of peroxisomes as cell organelles, and of genes encoding peroxisomal proteins
Author(s) -
Latruffe Norbert,
Vamecq Joseph
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
biology of the cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1768-322X
pISSN - 0248-4900
DOI - 10.1016/s0248-4900(00)01083-2
Subject(s) - peroxisome , biology , organelle , gene , microbiology and biotechnology , cell , peroxisomal targeting signal , genetics
Peroxisomes are present in most eukaryotic cell types, and have different enzymatic content and metabolic functions throughout the life scale. The endosymbiotic origin of these DNA‐devoid organelles is supported by evolutionary data concerning genes encoding not only most peroxisomal proteins, but also several transcriptional factors regulating their expression such as peroxisome proliferator‐activated receptors.