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Why are lysosomes known as suicide bags?


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Lysosomes:

  1. Lysosomes are small, single membrane cell organelles.
  2. Lysosomes contain digestive enzymes.
  3. Due to damage or infection, the lysosome bursts and gets open within a cell, it releases digestive enzymes, digests all the cells, and leads to the death of cells.

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