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A closed structure, found only in eukaryotic cells, that is completely surrounded by unit membrane and contains liquid material. Cells contain one or several vacuoles, that may have different functions from each other. Vacuoles have a diverse array of functions. They can act as a storage organelle for nutrients or waste products, as a degradative compartment, as a cost-effective way of increasing cell size, and as a homeostatic regulator controlling both turgor pressure and pH of the cytosol. Any constituent part of the cytoplasm, all of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures. A vacuole that is maintained at an acidic pH and which contains degradative enzymes, including a wide variety of acid hydrolases. The polysaccharide-based coating on the inner side of a lysosomal membrane that protects it from digestion by lysosomal enzymes. A constituent part of an intracellular organelle, an organized structure of distinctive morphology and function, occurring within the cell. Includes constituent parts of the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton but excludes the plasma membrane. Any constituent part of a vacuole, a closed structure, found only in eukaryotic cells, that is completely surrounded by unit membrane and contains liquid material. A small lytic vacuole that has cell cycle-independent morphology and is found in most animal cells and that contains a variety of hydrolases, most of which have their maximal activities in the pH range 5-6. The contained enzymes display latency if properly isolated. About 40 different lysosomal hydrolases are known and lysosomes have a great variety of morphologies and functions.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: lysosomal glycocalyx
Acc: GO:0090123
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: The polysaccharide-based coating on the inner side of a lysosomal membrane that protects it from digestion by lysosomal enzymes.
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0090123 - lysosomal glycocalyx (interactive image map)
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