Why do lysosomes eat the cell?

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Lysosomes are membrane-bound cellular organelles. They possess many hydrolytic enzymes for the digestion of cellular waste, debris, as engulfed, killed viruses or bacteria. When a cell is in a metabolic crisis then lysosomes digest its own cell or cellular components by releasing enzymes.

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