Size of clastosomes

Range 0.1-2 Table - link µm
Organism Generic
Reference Spector DL. SnapShot: Cellular bodies. Cell. 2006 Dec 1127(5):1071PubMed ID17129789
Primary Source Lafarga M et al, Clastosome: a subtype of nuclear body enriched in 19S and 20S proteasomes, ubiquitin, and protein substrates of proteasome, Mol Biol Cell. 2002 Aug13(8):2771-82PubMed ID12181345
Method Immunoelectron microscopy
Comments Primary source abstract: "Clastosomes contain ubiquitin conjugates, the proteolytically active 20S core and 19S regulatory complexes of the 26S proteasome, and protein substrates of the proteasome. Although detected in a variety of cell types, clastosomes are scarce under normal conditions however, they become more abundant when proteasomal activity is stimulated."
Entered by Uri M
ID 104580