This is a guess, but from the information today we found out lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that is very toxic and are able to break down bacteria. As white blood cells are responsible for fighting disease in our body and consequently 'eat' or engulf foreign cells such as bacteria. Due to the high amount of bacteria being ingested by the white blood cells, Manu lysosomes are needed to break them down (by releasing the digestive enzyme) to help the body fight disease. The lysosomes have a double membrane because the enzyme inside is very toxic and if it gets into the cytoplasm and 'roams' around the other organelles, it can break them down and ultimately cause destruction to the cell and result in cell death.
This is only a guess so someone please help me out!!!
Well Beth, you are definitely correct!!! Try and find out what type of enzymes are found in the lysosomes. Also, what do the peroxisomes do? Is their role different to that of the lysosomes?
Discuss why white blood cells would have high number of lysosomes in their cytoplasm. Why do lysosomes have a double membrane?
ReplyDeleteThis is a guess, but from the information today we found out lysosomes contain digestive enzymes that is very toxic and are able to break down bacteria. As white blood cells are responsible for fighting disease in our body and consequently 'eat' or engulf foreign cells such as bacteria. Due to the high amount of bacteria being ingested by the white blood cells, Manu lysosomes are needed to break them down (by releasing the digestive enzyme) to help the body fight disease.
ReplyDeleteThe lysosomes have a double membrane because the enzyme inside is very toxic and if it gets into the cytoplasm and 'roams' around the other organelles, it can break them down and ultimately cause destruction to the cell and result in cell death.
This is only a guess so someone please help me out!!!
Well Beth, you are definitely correct!!! Try and find out what type of enzymes are found in the lysosomes. Also, what do the peroxisomes do? Is their role different to that of the lysosomes?
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