- Lysosome
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- Introduction
- Functions
- Summary
- What’s Next?
In the previous segment of the chapter ‘Cell Structure and Functions’, we learnt about the cell organelle, Golgi apparatus. In this segment, let us get acquainted with the next organelle, Lysosome.
What are Lysosomes?
The membrane-bound cell organelles that contain digestive enzymes are called Lysosomes. It has chemicals that can destroy any toxic produced in the cell or which invades the cell.
Every cell produces a lot of waste materials, which can be harmful. Even many foreign particles enter the cell.
Lysosomes are a bag of enzymes that can digest these organic materials.
Among different enzymes, mostly the hydrolytic enzymes are found in the lysosomes which cut down organic substances into smaller fragments.
