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Lysosomes

• Contain digestive enzymes to digest macromolecules.

• Built in the Golgi body.

• The digestive enzymes need the acidic environment of the

lysosome (pH 5) to function correctly.

• All these enzymes are produced in the endoplasmic

reticulum (ER), and transported and processed through

the Golgi apparatus. The Golgi apparatus produces

lysosomes by budding (budding means unequal division,

resulting in one large and one small membrane-enclosed

space).