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3 unusual facts about Lysosome


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Lysosomes, a part of an animal cells, helps break down large molecules into smaller ones that can be reused.

Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency

Lysosomes are found in the body’s cells and play an important role in digesting nutrients and other materials.

Lysosome

Christian de Duve, then chairman of the Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, had been studying the mechanism of action of a pancreatic hormone insulin in liver cells.


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GM2A

The protein encoded by this gene is a small glycolipid transport protein which acts as a substrate specific co-factor for the lysosomal enzyme β-hexosaminidase A.

Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase

Today this phenomenon is explained by the overexpression and accumulation of the endogenous lysosomal beta-galactosidase specifically in senescent cells.


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