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What are the similarities between primary and secondary lysosomes?
Posted October 15, 2022
Answer
- Primary and secondary lysosomes are both a type of lysosome
- Both have hydrolytic enzymes
- Both their primary functions are to digest various types of macromolecules
- Both occur in animal cells and rarely in some plant cells
- Both are spherical in shape
- Both are surrounded by a single phospholipid membrane
Additional resources
Cell Navigator® Lysosome Staining Kit *Green Fluorescence with 405 nm Excitation*