alleryStart learning →Glyoxysomes, the specialized peroxisomes of plants, carry out which conversion?
ASugars into stored starch
BProteins into amino acids
CStored fats into sugars
DSunlight into chemical bonds
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Stored fats into sugars
1. Glyoxysomes are specialized peroxisomes found in plants.
2. Their assigned job is converting stored fats into sugars.
3. That fits the peroxisome family, whose oxidation reactions break down fatty acids.
4. Capturing sunlight belongs to the chloroplast, so that answer names the wrong organelle.
5. Glyoxysomes convert stored fats into sugars.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Cell Structure", section 4.3 Eukaryotic Cells_
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