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Name the cell organelle which is surrounded by a single unit membrane and contains two major enzymes namely isocitrate lyase and maltase synthetase.

  1. Glyoxysomes

  2. Lomasomes

  3. Spherosomes

  4. Peroxisomes
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Glyoxysome is the cell organelle which is surrounded by a single unit membrane and contains two major enzymes namely isocitrate lyase and maltase synthetase. Glyoxysomes were first discovered by Beevers (1961) and later on described in detail by R.W. Briedenbach (1967).

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