What are Lysosomes?
Lysosomes are a kind of waste disposal system of the cell.
Lysosomes help to keep the cell clean by digesting any foreign material as well
as worn-out cell organelles. Lysosomes are able to do this because they contain
powerful digestive enzymes capable of breaking down all organic material.
During the disturbance in cellular metabolism, for example, when the cell gets damaged,
lysosomes may burst and the enzymes digest their own cell. Therefore, lysosomes
are also known as the ‘suicide bags’ of a cell.
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