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Lysosome are know as "suicide bags" .ie they contain digestive enzymes which digest or engulf foreign material that enter the cell.
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Lysosomes are adapted for their function of breaking down cellular waste and debris through containing enzymes that can digest a variety of molecules. They have a low internal pH that is optimal for the activity of these enzymes, and they are membrane-bound to prevent their hydrolytic enzymes from damaging the rest of the cell. Additionally, lysosomes can fuse with other cellular components to degrade and recycle their contents.
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What breaks down substances in a cell?
The lysosome.
Which vacuole-like strucrures break down and recycle cell parts?
The lysosome is the organelle that breaks down molecules.
How come the enzyme inside the lysosome does not digest the wall of lysosome?
because the lysosome cannot release its contents unless nearby cells allow it.
Why it is important to have pH aroun 5 in lysosome?
The lysosome is full of hydrolytic enzymes that work best at about 5 pH, so the lysosome has membrane integral proteins that constant pump H + into the lumen of the lysosome to keep the interior solution acidic.
What is the lysosome like in the human body?
one part of the body that is like the lysosome is the stomach
Can lysosome be found in the cytoplasm?
Lysosome is an organell.So it can be found in cytoplasm.
What is the job in the cell lysosome?
What is the lysosome job in the animal cell?
What breaks down substances in a cell?
The lysosome.
What organelles is the trash can of the cell?
Lysosome, or vesicles or vacuoles.
Which vacuole-like strucrures break down and recycle cell parts?
The lysosome is the organelle that breaks down molecules.
How come the enzyme inside the lysosome does not digest the wall of lysosome?
because the lysosome cannot release its contents unless nearby cells allow it.
How does lysosome represent a government?
it is the maid of the white house because they clean up the white house and so does the lysosome but the lysosome cleans up the cell
Analogies for the lysosome?
A lysosome is like an incinerator because it destroys waste in a cell.
Tiny packets of digestive enzymes inside of cells are called what?
Lysosome
What is a small digestive organelle filled with enzymes?
A lysosome.
Why it is important to have pH aroun 5 in lysosome?
The lysosome is full of hydrolytic enzymes that work best at about 5 pH, so the lysosome has membrane integral proteins that constant pump H + into the lumen of the lysosome to keep the interior solution acidic.
What is the lysosome like in the human body?
one part of the body that is like the lysosome is the stomach
