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LYSOSOMES
PEROXISOMES
What are LYSOSOMES and PEROXISOMES?
• contain digestive enzymes
• can digest almost all kinds of biological molecules
• work best in acidic conditions
• provide sites where digestion can proceed safely within a cell
• arise by budding from the Golgi apparatus
• contain enzymes including oxidase a and catalases
• neutralize dangerous chemicals that can scramble the structure of biological molecules
• self-replicating and formed by pinching in half
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