Question

Lysosomes are known as suicidal bags as they contain digestive enzymes .while rough endoplasmic reticulum secretes digestive enzymes. So, why rough endoplasmic reticulum is not called as suicidal bags?

Answer 1

Lysosomes are cellular organelles that contain digestive enzymes that break down waste materials, foreign material and cellular debris. Lysosomes are capable of digesting nucleic acid, polysaccharides, fats, and proteins. Along with them lysosomes also digest or damage its own cells by its own enzymes, which lead to cell death. This process is called as autolysis. Hence lysosomes are also called as suicide bags.

Endoplasmic Reticulum doesnot digest its own cells by its own enzymes.So it is not called as Suicidal bags.