The life cycle of the peroxisome

Peroxisomes are highly adaptable organelles that carry out oxidative reacti ons. Distinct cellular machineries act together to coordinate peroxisome fo rmation, growth, division, inheritance, turnover, movement and function. So luble and membrane-associated components of these machineries form complex networks of physical and functional interactions that provide supramolecula r control of the precise dynamics of peroxisome biogenesis.