The following points highlight the top four types of digestive function in lysosomes. The types are: 1. Degradation of Foreign Matter Introduced into the Cell 2. Destruction of Defective Cellular Organelles 3. Complete Destruction of Cell 4. Hydrolytic Enzymes. Digestive Function: Type # 1. Degradation of Foreign Matter Introduced into the Cell: Foreign materials are introduced within the cell by [...]
The existence of lysosomes was subtly suggested for the first time in the early 1950s by a series of experiments carried out by Nobel Prize Laureate Christian de Duve and his co-workers. These experiments were designed to identify the cellular locus of the two enzymes glucose-6-phosphatase and acid phosphatase. Liver tissue homogenates were separated into nuclear, mitochondrial, microsomal, and cytosol [...]
Some of the main functions of Lysosomes are as follows: 1. Intracellular digestion: The word lysosome is derived from (lyso lytic or digestive; and soma body) thus helping in digestion. Pinocytic vacuoles formed as a result of absorption of fluid substance into cell or phagocytic vacuoles formed by absorption of solid particles into cell, carry protein material to lysosomal region. [...]
