- A
lysosome (/ˈlaɪsəˌsoʊm/) is a membrane-bound
organelle that is
found in all
mammalian cells, with the
exception of red
blood cells (erythrocytes). There...
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Lysosome-****ociated
membrane protein 2 (LAMP2), also
known as CD107b (Cluster of
Differentiation 107b) and Mac-3, is a
human gene. Its protein, LAMP2,...
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internalized from the
plasma membrane can
follow this
pathway all the way to
lysosomes for
degradation or can be
recycled back to the cell
membrane in the endocytic...
- the final, from
which proteins are
packaged into
vesicles destined to
lysosomes,
secretory vesicles, or the cell surface. The TGN is
usually positioned...
- made
serendipitous discoveries of two cell organelles,
peroxisomes and
lysosomes, for
which he
shared the
Nobel Prize in
Physiology or
Medicine in 1974...
- the cell that
removes unnecessary or
dysfunctional components through a
lysosome-dependent
regulated mechanism. It
allows the
orderly degradation and recycling...
- endolysosome, is a
cytoplasmic body
formed by the
fusion of a
phagosome with a
lysosome in a
process that
occurs during phagocytosis.
Formation of phagolysosomes...
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Christian de Duve,
discovered mammalian lysosomes using biochemical methods in the mid 1970’s. de Duve
named lysosomes based on
their biochemical properties...
- artificially, in
which case they are
called liposomes (not to be
confused with
lysosomes). If
there is only one
phospholipid bilayer, the
vesicles are
called unilamellar...
- is an
enzyme that
works best at
acidic pHs. It is
commonly located in
lysosomes,
which are
acidic on the inside. Acid
hydrolases may be nucleases, proteases...
