Why lysosomes are called “suicidal bags”?

Q: What makes up a Plasma Membrane?

A: The outer most layer of the cells is known as plasma membrane. It helps in separating the interior…

Q: Why are lysosomes known as “the cleaners” of the cell waste?

A: The cells are the basic structural and fundamental unit of the living system. it consist of many…

Q: Define Endosomes and Lysosomes. Explain the difference between these two.

A: Lysosomes- The lysosome is a membrane-bound cell organelle that has digestive enzymes present in it.…

Q: Why doesn’t the cell “clean up” the faulty lysosomes?

A: Lysosome is membrane bound organelle which encloses enzyme responsible for the breakdown of complex…

Q: What would probably happen to the plasma membrane of a cell if it were composed of hydrophilic…

A: Plasma membrane marks the boundary of the cell thereby separating inside and outside of the cell.…

Q: Many of the cell’s hydrolytic enzymes are located in the lysosome, where the pH is ∼5. What would…

A: Lysosome is a cell organelle .

Q: What structures are needed in a cell membrane to carry out facilitated diffusion?

A: Molecules can move via biological membranes via 2 main methods : active and passive transport.…

Q: Which of the following processes results in the formation of food vesicle within the cell whose…

A: Given: The  processes that results in the formation of food vesicle within the cell whose contents…

Q: How are peroxisomes different from lysosomes? In terms of where they are made and what their…

A: -Difference between lysosomes and peroxisomes is that; *Lysosomes are found only in animals where as…

Q: What is the function of lysosome?

A: Lysosomes are spherical sacs that contain hydrolytic enzymes that can break down a wide range of…

Q: What functions do endosomes perform?

A: Endosomes are a heterogeneous collection of cell organelles having some unique features and in…

Q: Define cellulase

A: All plants cell wall contains cellulose. Cellulose help to support the cell wall. Cellulose provides…

Q: What is required for formation of lysosomes ?

A: A cell is the basic structural and functional unit of living organisms. Both prokaryotic and…

Q: Why is the cell membrane negatively charged?

A: The plasma membrane or cell membrane is the membrane found in all cells that separates the interior…

Q: What is the shape of Lysosomes?

A: Step 1 Lysosomes are single membrane-bound small vesicular organelles rich in acid hydrolases. They…

Q: What are Crippled ribosomes ?

A: Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a form of rare and dominant genetic disorder that is characterized…

Q: Define endosomes,

A: Endosomes are membrane-bound vesicles, formed via a complex family of processes known as…

Q: What is the confines of a membrane-bounded lysosome?

A: The cells are the primary unit of life. An organism may be unicellular or prokaryotic. For example,…

Q: What is Ribosome ?

A: According to the question, we have to give the information on ribosomes. So, let us have a look at…

Q: Lysosomes contribute is all of the followings events, except one:

A: Lysosomes contain hydrolytic enzymes that catalyzes the degradation of fat by hydrolyzing the…

Q: Why Lysosomes Are Know As “the Cleaners” Of The Cell Waste?

A: The cytoplasm and other organelles are contained within the cell membrane. Allows needed elements to…

Q: What are mitosomes? In what organisms do they occur?

A: In eukaryotic organisms, the nucleus of the cells is contained within a membrane. These organisms…

Q: How Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, peroxisomes , glyoxysomes differ from structure and functions? How…

A: Cells are the building blocks of life, and they can be divided into two broad groups depending on…

Q: why does a cell require both active and passive transport?

A: Active transport is the passage of a substance (salt or ion) from a region of lower concentration to…

Q: Why should triacylglycerol be insignificant component of plasma membrane ?

A: Answer: Introduction: Plasma membrane are selectively permeable in nature and important cell…

Q: Which of the following structures is primarily involved in the detoxification of many poisons and…

A: Cell is main body level of organization which comprises of :-  1) Cell wall ( in animals but absent…

Q: What is an analogy for a smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

A: Introduction In this question we will discuss about the analogy for the smooth endoplasmic…

Q: Why do most molecules require the assistance of proteins to cross the cellular membrane? What…

A: The cellular membrane is a semi-permeable lipid bilayer. The lipids found in the membrane are…

Q: Why is receptor-mediated endocytosis said to be moreselective than phagocytosis or pinocytosis?

A: Endocytosis is a cellular phenomenon that moves various substances such as fluid, proteins, cells,…

Q: What are the functional significance of the fluidity of a cell membrane?

A: Cell membrane is also known as plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane.  It is a biological membrane…

Q: What is cytoplasmic streaming? What problem for larger cells is addressed by cytoplasmic streaming

A: Cytoplasmic streaming is the process in which there is the movement of the fluid substance within a…

Q: What's the similarities between lysosomes and peroxisomes?

A: Lysosomes are small spherical organelles, enclosed by single membrane. They are manufactured by the…

Q: How do eukaryotic plasma membrane structurally differ from prokaryotic plasma membrane?

A: The cell biology is considered as the study of cells, their structure, and their functions. The…

Q: the effect of lysosome on bacterial cells?

A: Lysosomes are suicidal bags of our body or cell. In our cell, it is the membrane-bound structure…

Q: How many layers of phospholipids make up the plasma membrane?

A: The plasma membrane, which is known as the cell membrane, is the membrane found in all cells that…

Q: Why is the cell membrane not an absolute barrier between the cytoplasm and the external environment?

A: The cell membrane or cytoplasmic membrane is the semipermeable membrane of a cell that surrounds and…

Q: Most cytoplasmic proteins lack disulfide bonds, whereas extracellular proteins usually contain them.…

A: Disulfide bond formation generally occurs in the endoplasmic reticulum by oxidation.

Q: What's the difference between lysosomes and peroxisomes?

A: A cell is the basic unit of life. They have various parts and functions. Each cell is composed of…

Q: Why are newly synthesized lipids added to the cytosolic side of the bilayer and not the lumen side…

A: Membranes of the eukaryotic cell are made of three lipids namely phospholipids,glycolipid and…

Q: Why are membranes so critical to cell function?

A: All living cell contain a cell membrane, which is a semipermeable structure that surrounds the cell.…

Q: What is the significance of plasma membrane?

A: Plasma membrane or cell membrane covers the cell. It is composed of lipid bilayer and proteins…

Q: Why is the structure of the plasma membrane considered to be a fluid-mosaic model?

A: Plasma membrane, also known as the cell membrane is the outermost layer of the cell that separates…

Q: Why are plasma membranes arranged as a bilayer rather than a monolayer?

A: The plasma membrane is the membrane found in all cells that separate the interior of the cell from…

Q: Which one of the following types of proteins completes its synthesis on cytosolic ribosomes and…

A: Ribosomes are one of the component of cell which is also called protein machinery of the cell. as…

Q: What space inside the cell is topologically equivalent to the cytoplasm?

A: The semifluid substance of a cell that is exterior to the nuclear membrane and internal to the…

Osmosis

In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has to be semipermeable. The liquid in the region with a lower solute concentration moves to the region with a higher concentration, thereby displacing the solution in the process. The objective is to equalize the concentration of molecules on both sides of the membrane; the displacement of liquid can be viewed as a byproduct of this equalization. Since there is no energy required to carry osmosis, it is considered a passive process.