What is the job of an enzyme inside a lysosome?

Lysosomes generally contains hydrolytic enzymes capable of digesting the engulfed materials, be it pathogen or any sort of food materials- proteins, carbohydrates, fats, nucleic acid etc. Lysosomes are also involve in cleaning the inside cellular environment by eliminating the and ejecting the cellular byproducts or aged cellular components including own cell death. read more

The lysosomes go to work even if there is no food for the cell. read more

The functions of lysosomes concern the different ways in which the enzymes contained within the membrane (that defines and encloses the lysosome) affect other materials, which can originate from either outside or inside the cell. read more