)(n.) An imaginary memory area supported by some operating systems (for example, Windows but not DOS) in conjunction with the hardware. You can think of virtual memory as an alternate set of memory addresses. Programs use these virtual addresses rather than real addresses to store instructions and data. When the program is actually executed, the virtual addresses are convertedinto real memory addresses.
To accomplish the tasks associated with digestion, the lysosomes use some 40 different types of lysosomal enzymes, such as glycosidases, protease, acid phosphatases, sulfatases and lipases.Lysosomal enzymes are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum and modified in the Golgi apparatus.ysosomal Enzymes. To accomplish the tasks associated with digestion, the lysosomes use some 40 different types of lysosomal enzymes, such as glycosidases, protease, acid phosphatases, sulfatases and lipases. Lysosomal enzymes are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum and modified in the Golgi apparatus.
Lysosomes digest excess or worn-out organelles, food particles, and engulf viruses or bacteria. The membrane around a lysosome allows the digestive enzymes to work at the 4.5 pH they require. Lysosomes fuse with vacuoles and dispense their enzymes into the vacuoles, digesting their contents. They are created by the addition of hydrolytic enzymes to early endosomes from the Golgi apparatus. The name lysosome derives from the Greek words lysis, to separate, and soma, body.