Glyoxysomes

The glyoxysome was discovered by Harry Beevers in 1961. Like the peroxisome, it is a single-membrane-bound sub-cellular organelle, but its enzyme content is different and more specialised: a glyoxysome carries the specific set of enzymes belonging to the glyoxylate pathway. This pathway is put to particular use during seed germination, where the beta-oxidation of stored fatty acids - the first step in converting stored seed oils into usable energy and carbon skeletons for the growing seedling - takes place specifically inside glyoxy …