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Microbodies of the alga Chara
Author(s) -
Stabenau Helmut,
Säftel Werner,
Winkler Uwe
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1034/j.1399-3054.2003.00004.x
Subject(s) - microbody , chara , organelle , biochemistry , biology , algae , peroxisome , catalase , tenera , botany , chemistry , enzyme , agroforestry , palm oil , gene
Chara fragilis possesses microbodies with a remarkably large size of up to 2 µm in diameter . Many of the organelles contain huge nucleoids of amorphous material or paracrystalline inclusions. After isolation of the organelles by gradient centrifugation the specific density of the microbodies was determined to be 1.25 g cm −3 . Catalase, glycolate oxidase and hydroxypyruvate reductase as well as enzymes of the fatty acid β ‐oxidation pathway were demonstrated to be constituents of the microbodies in Chara indicating that they are similar to those in green leaves. The data obtained are in agreement with the view that the Charophyceae and especially the algae in the subgroup of Charales are very closely related to the land plants.