metabolosome

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metabolosome (plural metabolosomes)

  1. (biology) A polyhedral organelle, in some bacteria, that has a shell of protein and contains a collection of enzymes associated with a specific metabolic process.
    • 1990, Angus I. Lamond, “Catalytic RNA and the origin of genetic systems”, in Trends in Genetics, volume 6, page 145:
      The sequential metabolic reactions are envisaged as taking place on an RNA organizing structure, which we term a 'metabolosome'.
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