alleryWhich organelle is involved in autophagy?
ACentrosome
BGolgi body
CNucleolus
DLysosome
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Lysosome
1. Autophagy is self-eating: the cell digests its own worn-out organelles.
2. The organelles are wrapped in membrane and fused with lysosomes.
3. Lysosomal enzymes break them down.
4. So lysosomes carry out autophagy.
_Source: Selina Concise Biology ICSE Class 10, Ch 1 'Cell, the Structural and Functional Unit of Life'_
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