Question

How do lysosomes digest bacteria?

Answer 1

Lysosomes:

1. Lysosomes are membrane-enclosed organelles that incorporate an array of enzymes able to break down all sorts of organic polymers—proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids.
2. Lysosomes comprise hydrolytic enzymes.
3. When a vesicle containing the pathogen fuses with a lysosome, the pathogen such as bacteria gets degraded via way of means of enzymes present in the lysosomes.
4. Lysosomes function as the digestive system of the cell, serving both to degrade material taken up from outside the cell and to digest obsolete components of the cell itself.