Q.Which cell organelle, associated with the work of Christian de Duve and sometimes called the 'suicide bag' of the cell, contains hydrolytic enzymes active at acidic pH and is responsible for intracellular digestion?

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Lysosomes, associated with Christian de Duve, hold acid hydrolytic enzymes and are called the c …

Lysosomes, first described by Christian de Duve, are membrane-bound vesicles packaged by the Golgi apparatus and loaded with hydrolytic enzymes -- lipases, proteases and carbohydrases -- that are active at the acidic pH maintained inside the organelle. They carry out intracellular digestion of material taken in by phagocytosis and of the cell's own worn-out organelles (autophagy); if their membrane ruptures, the released enzymes can digest the cell's own contents, which is why lysosomes are popularly called the cell's "suicide bags." Peroxisomes and glyoxysomes a …

Match "Christian de Duve," "hydrolytic enzymes," and "suicide bag" specifically to the lysosome, as d …

Confusing lysosomes with peroxisomes/glyoxysomes, which are also small membrane-bound organelles but carry a narrow, specific enzy …