Why lysosomes are called "suicide bags” of the cell?
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Lysosomes are known as suicide bags of cell because it contains digestive enzymes. If something burst, the lysosomes release digestive enzymes with digests all the cells. This leads to the death of cells. Hence, Lysosomes are referred to as “suicide bags of cell”.
Lysosomes are called suicide bags because they contain hydrolytic enzymes.
Explanation:
The lysosome has a highly acidic pH at which these hydrolytic enzymes work. When the function of the cell goes wrong, the error cannot be corrected by any other process. The cell machinery cannot be corrected, the cell has no other option but to die. In that case, the lysosome burst open and these enzymes are scattered in the cell. These enzymes are digestive in nature and digest the biomolecules present in the cell. All of the cell structures are made up of biomolecules, with them digested the cell cannot sustain and dies. This is referred to as cell suicide, caused by lysosome.