cytosol

American  

[sahy-tuh-sawl, -sol] / ˈsaɪ təˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl /

noun

Cell Biology.

1. the water-soluble components of cell cytoplasm, constituting the fluid portion that remains after removal of the organelles and other intracellular structures.

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cytosol British  

/ ˈsaɪtəʊˌsɒl /

noun

1. the solution of proteins and metabolites inside a biological cell, in which the organelles are suspended

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cytosol Scientific  

/ sī′tə-sôl′,-sŏl′ /

1. The fluid component of cytoplasm, containing the insoluble, suspended cytoplasmic components. In prokaryotes, all chemical reactions take place in the cytosol. In eukaryotes, the cytosol surrounds the organelles.

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Other Word Forms

• cytosolic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cytosol

1965–70; cyto- + sol(ution), on the model of hydrosol, etc.

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Example Sentences

He mixed ribosomes, the messenger RNA that encodes proteins, cytosol and membranes in vitro.

From Nature

Endocytosis is a process by which cells transport molecules into the cytosol and is crucial for regulating intracellular and extracellular environments to influence cellular and circuit homeostasis.

From Nature

C. The intracellular fluid, also known as the cell cytosol, is the water-based fluid inside a cell.

From US News

The fast kinetics of substrate binding enables chaperones to interact with transiently exposed, aggregation-prone regions of unstable proteins in the cytosol, thereby preventing their aggregation and increasing their solubility.

From Science Magazine

The presence of DNA in the cytosol of mammalian cells is a danger signal, indicating, for example, that a DNA-containing virus has infected the cell.

From Science Magazine