NEET BIOLOGY

CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION

CELL STRUCTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If the lysosome were a part of the city it would be the:
A
Mayor-controls the cell
B
Waste management-digests cell waste and cleans up
C
Farms-synthesizes proteins
D
Water tower-stores water
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lysosomes: The cell city’s recycling plant.

Detailed explanation-2: -As most high schoolers learn, the lysosome carries out waste disposal and recycling. In a process known as autophagy (meaning “self-eating”), it takes in old cellular components and unneeded large molecules, such as proteins, nucleic acids and sugars, and digests them with the help of enzymes and acids.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lysosomes act as the waste disposal system of the cell. They have hydrolyzing enzymes which can digest biological substances. They also help in recycling amino acids after degradation of proteins no longer in use.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lysosomes are dark, spherical vesicles found in the cytoplasm. They are known as the “cleaners of cell waste” because; They contain enzymes that are capable of digesting organelles that are no longer needed.

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