The placenta is an organ attached to the lining of your womb during pregnancy. It keeps your unborn babyâs blood supply separate from your own blood supply, as well as providing a link between the two.
home / medterms medical dictionary a-z list / enzyme, lysosomal definition Medical Definition of Enzyme, lysosomal Enzyme, lysosomal: An enzyme in an organelle (a little organ) called the lysosome within the cell. Lysosomal enzymes degrade (break down) macromolecules (large molecules) and other materials (such as bacteria) that have been taken up by the cell during the process of endocytosis.
Lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs; /ËlaÉªsÉËsoÊmÉl/) are a group of approximately 50 rare inherited metabolic disorders that result from defects in lysosomal function. Lysosomes are sacs of enzymes within cells that digest large molecules and pass the fragments on to other parts of the cell for recycling. This process requires several critical enzymes. If one of these enzymes is defective, because of a mutation, the large molecules accumulate within the cell, eventually killing it.