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Lysosomes vs. peroxisomes
Lysosomes are spherical membranous organelles contains digestive enzymes. They dispose of invading bacteria and cell deris, degrading worn out or nonfunctional organelles, performing metabolic functions, breaking down non useful tissues, and breaking down bone to release calcium ions into the blood.
Peroxisomes are membranous sacs containing a variety of powerful enzymes, the most important of which are oxidase a and catalases. The oxidase a use molecular oxygen to detoxify harmful substances in the body. Although peroxisomes look like small lysosomes, they are self- replicating organelles formed by pinching in half of preexisting peroxisomes. Unlike lysosomes, they do not arise by budding from the Golgi apparatus.