Hello Aspirant,

Lysosomes are subcellular organelle that is found in nearly every animal-like eukaryotic cell. Lysosomes hold enzymes that were created by the cell. The purpose of the lysosome is to digest things. They might be used to digest food or break down the cell when it dies.

A lysosome is basically a specialized vesicle that holds a variety of enzymes. The enzyme proteins are first created in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. Those proteins are packaged in a vesicle and sent to the Golgi apparatus. The Golgi then does its final work to create the digestive enzymes and pinches off a small, very specific vesicle. That vesicle is a lysosome. From there the lysosomes float in the cytoplasm until they are needed. Lysosomes are single-membrane organelles.

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Hello Student,

Points to remember about lysosomes are:

• They were discovered by Christian de Duve
• Also known as suicidal bags
• These are single membrane  organelles formed by Golgi Bodies
• Contains Hydrolases , pH is around 5 which is maintained by hydrogen pumps.
• Primary Lysosomes fuse with Phagosomes to form Phagolysosome
• Main function of lysosome is  Intracellular digestion and Autophagy
• These help in metamorphosis in tadpoles of frogs, cathepsin enzyme digests the tail of tadpole.

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