White blood cells manufacture hydrolytic enzymes that function in the intra-cellular digestion of the engulfed bacteria. Describe how each of the following organelles participate in this process: nucleus, rough endoplasmic reticilum, golgi aparatus, lysosomes, and mitochondria. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
2007-10-28 16:19:40 · 1 answers · asked by burgler09 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
-The nucleus contains the DNA that codes for the enzymes.
-The ribosomes in the rough ER translate the RNA from the DNA into a peptide (the precursor to the enzyme).
-The peptide enters the golgi where it is folded and cut into the proper shape to become an active enzyme, and it is transported to the lysosome where it is stored.
-The lysosomes merge with the vesicles that contain the engulfed bacteria. They dump their contents inside, and the hydrolitic enzymes get to work.
-All of these processes, from transcription to translation to peptide modification to cell movement (to engulf bacteria) require ATP, which is provided by the mitochondria.
2007-10-29 06:59:59 · answer #1 · answered by andymanec 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋