metabolosome

English

Noun

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'.