Lysosome Flashcards
1
Q
Specialist forms of vesicles which contain
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hydrolytic enzymes (enzymes that break biological molecules down)
2
Q
what else to lysosomes do Break down waste materials
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such as worn-out organelles, used extensively by cells of the immune system and in apoptosis (programmed cell death)
3
Q
lysosome structure
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“Lysosomes are sphere-shaped sacs filled with hydrolytic enzymes
