and the lytic vacuoles of acidic pH, which are equivalent in function to lysosomes in mammalian cells (Figure 1). A special feature of guard cells is that they can increase or decrease their ...

Vacuoles are related to lysosomes and share some functions with these structures; for instance, both contain degradative enzymes for breaking down macromolecules. Vacuoles can also serve as ...

USA), describes a study performed in yeast to investigate the effects of uncoupling the mitochondria from the vacuole-heavy lysosomes. By severing the connection between the two organelles and ...