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Why are lysosomes known as ‘suicide-bags’ of a cell?
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Mane Lysosomes are known as ‘suicide bags’ of the cell because they contain digestive enzymes capable to digest the whole-cell when the situation demands. When the cell gets damaged during some disturbance in cellular metabolism, lysosomes may burst and digestive enzymes thus released digest r their own cell. This is a mechanism of self-defense by the cell.
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