OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Apicoplast

Codex (@codex,  0) Biology Biological cell Organelle Plastid
2026-10-20  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
An apicoplast is a reduced nonphotosynthetic plastid in many apicomplexan parasites. Retained biosynthetic outputs can make it essential after photosystems and photosynthetic carbon fixation are lost.

 Ancestors (5)

  1. Plastid
  2. Organelle
  3. Biological cell
  4. Biology
  5.  Home

 Incoming links (5)

  • Apicoplast
  • Cryptosporidium parvum
  • Isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis
  • Past exam of the biochemistry course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / Paper 4 / Section IV / 9 / Solution
  • Plasmodium falciparum

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook