1. Digestion: Acid hydrolases of lysosomes can digest all types of macromolecules such as polysaccharides, proteins, nucleic acids. 2. Extracellular digestion: Some cells release lysosomal enzymes to the outside through exocytosis for digestion of extracellular materials, e.g., saprophytic fungi derive their nutrition by extracellular digestion. The osteoclasts of bone perform extracellular digestion of bone matrix during remodeling of bones. 3. [...]
Synonyms: It is also called Golgi complex, Golgi bodies, Golgi some, Golgi membrane, dictyosomes, lipochondria, Dalton Complex, Baker's bodies, Carbohydrate factory, 'traffic police' of cell etc. Discovery: Italian histologist Camillo Golgi (1898) first discovered Golgi apparatus in the nerve cells of bran owl and cat by metallic impregnation technique using, mixtures of silver salt osmium chloride. Dalton and Felix (1954) [...]
Synonyms: It is also called "suicidal bag", "scavenger of cell", "atom bomb of cell", "demolition squad", "disposal unit" of cell. Discovery: Belgian biochemist Christian de Duve (1955) accidentally discovered Lysosomes from rat liver cells for which he was awarded Nobel prize in 1974. Novikoff (1956) first observed lysosomes under EM. Lie also coined the term 'lysosomes'. (Gk. lysis digestive or [...]