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A) Why are lysosomes known as suicidal bags of the cells?

B) who are known as the powerhouse of the cell, why?

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These enzymes also digest any kind of worn out cell organelles or foreign materials like bacteria or viruses that enter the cell. Thus, lysosomes help in keeping the cellclean. ... The released enzymes then digest their own cell and ultimately the celldies. Hence, lysosomes are called suicide bags of the cell.

Mitochondria is called the powerhouse of cell. They are so called because they carry out the process of aerobic respiration and generate the energy molecules (ATP or adenosine Triphosphate) for cell operation.

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