Question

Plastids storing proteins are called

• A. Elaioplasts
• B. Oleosomes
• C. Aleuroplasts
• D. Phaeoplasts

Answer 1

The correct option is C Aleuroplasts

• Plastids are a pigment containing double membrane-bound organelle which is the site of manufacture and storage of chemical compounds.
  
• Plastids are of three types on the basis of the pigments present within them:-
• 1. chloroplast (green plastid), 2. The chromoplast (coloured plastid) and 3. Leucoplast (colourless plastid).
• Leucoplasts differentiate into specialized plastids to store and modify the proteins and are called proteinoplasts or aleuroplasts,
• So, the correct answer is 'Aleuroplasts'.