By: Colette Allen

A membrane-bound organelle in the cytoplasm of most cells containing various hydrolytic enzymes that function in intracellular digestion.

Lysosomes are known as the recycling centers of the cell, because they digest worn-out cell components to create room for the newly formed cells while recycling the proteins and other materials of the old parts.

Lysosomes are vesicles derived from the Golgi complex that contain hydrolytic digestive enzymes

Lysosomes digest the old mitochondria as the new mitochondria are being produced. Lysosomes eliminate particles, including other cells, that the cell has included.

Lysosomes break down cellular waste products, fats, carbohydrates, proteins, and other macromolecules into simple compounds, which are then transferred back into the cytoplasm as new cell-building materials.

the Lysosomes make up about 40 different types of hydrolytic enzymes

Lysosomes are made up of the plasma membrane, lipid bilayer, hydrolytic enzyme mixture, and glycosylated

Membrane transport proteins

Tay-Sachs Disease- caused by a genetic defect that prevents the formation of an essential enzyme that breaks down complex lipids called gangliosides.

Arthritis inflammation and pain are related to the escape of Lysosome enzymes.

Gaucher Disease Pompe Disease