Question

What Are The Morphological, Chemical And Functional Similarities And Differences Between Lysosomes And Peroxisomes?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Similarities: lysosomes and peroxisomes are small membranous vesicles that contain enzymes and enclose residual substances from internal or external origin degrading them. Differences: lysosomes have digestive enzymes (hydrolases) that break substances to be digested into small molecules; peroxisomes contain enzymes that degrade mainly long-chained fatty acids and amino acids and that inactivate toxic agents including ethanol; within peroxisomes there is the enzyme catalase, responsible for the oxidation of organic compounds by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and, when this substance is in excess, by the degradation of the peroxide into water and molecular oxygen.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Lysosomes are made up of enzymes that are degradative in nature.
• Peroxisomes are made up of enzymes that are oxidative in nature.

• Lysosomes have the responsibility of ensuring the digestion process in a cell.
• Peroxisomes have the responsibility of ensuring the protection of a cell from metabolic hydrogen peroxide.