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"Lysosomes are known as suicide bags". Why?
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'Lysosomes are known as suicide bags' because the enzymes of lysosomes eat up their own cells if the cells get damaged. This is referred to as autolysis or self-digestion in which the cell is destroyed by the action of its own enzymes.
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