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Why Lysosomes are also called suicidal bags.

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Lysosome is produced from Golgi apparatus. It contains a layer of lipoproteins around it.
Lysosome possesses different digestive enzymes like Hydrolase, Lipase and Proteases.
These enzymes are capable of digesting any biomolecules.
The enzymes present in lysosome can not be digestion effective unless the membrane around Lysosome unbroken. But if this membrane breaks and enzymes are released from Lysosome then all organelles of cell are digested and the cell is destroyed.
Therefore Lysosome is called suicidal bag.
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