AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    Lysosomes are the reservoirs (store house) of

    A)  hydrolytic enzymes       

    B)  secretory glycoproteins

    C)  RNA and protein

    D)  fats (or sugars or ATP)

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Lysosomes were discovered by de Duve in 1955, for which he got Nobel Prize in 1974. These acts as the digestive system of the cell. About 40 different kinds of enzymes (all hydrolytic) are present in lysosomes. These include proteases, nucleases, glycosidases, Upases, phospholipases, phosphatases and sulphatases.    


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