LYSOSOMES

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LYSOSOMES

• http//www.jdaross.mcmail.com/lysosome.htm
• Lydia Kapsenberg
• Stephanie Griffin

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Function

• Eat bacteria, food, old organelles
• Within lysosome, break down molecules harmful to
  the cell by injecting water molecule in chemical
  bond
• Visual http//www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi
  3a1/Cells/lyso.htm
• Break down into particles to be reused
• Harmful bacteria is eaten, then thrown outside
  the cell to be flushed out the body
• Work at low pH

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Structure

• Plant and Animals cells
• Filled with enzymes made by the Rough Endoplasmic
  Reticulum
• Enzymes contained by membrane bag
• Vary in size, and form from one cell to the next

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Disorders

• Acid Maltase Deficiency
• Tay-Sachs Disease
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Gauchers Disease
• The miners disease (silicosis)
• Wolman

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Fun Facts

• Reproduction lysosome eats its way through egg,
  entrance for sperm
• Lorenzos Oil movie, ALD