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A particular cell type specializes in breaking down harmful by-products of metabolism. this cell type would contain very high levels of

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The answer is peroxisomes.

Cells that specialize in breaking down harmful by-products of metabolism need to have a lot of peroxisomes.

Peroxisomes are small organelles that contain enzymes involved metabolic reactions. They breakdown substrates like uric acid, amino acids, and fatty acids.
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