Editing Lysosome (section)

== Different types of enzymes present in lysosomes ==

There are over 50 different types of hydrolytic enzymes in lysosomes, the table below shows a few of the main types and their substrates. It is important to keep in mind that each category below has multiple different types of enzymes. 
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!Sr. No
!Enzymes
!Substrate 
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|1
|[[Protease|Proteases]]
|Proteins and Peptides (breaks peptide bonds)<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-378630-2.00063-3 |chapter=Protein Degradation |title=Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry |date=2013 |last1=Goldberg |first1=A.L. |pages=617–624 |isbn=978-0-12-378631-9 }}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[Nuclease|Nucleases]]
|DNA and RNA (cleaves phosphodiester bonds)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cao |first1=Xiangjian |last2=Sun |first2=Ying |last3=Lu |first3=Peng |last4=Zhao |first4=Meiping |title=Fluorescence imaging of intracellular nucleases—A review |journal=Analytica Chimica Acta |date=November 2020 |volume=1137 |pages=225–237 |doi=10.1016/j.aca.2020.08.013 |pmid=33153605 |bibcode=2020AcAC.1137..225C }}</ref>
|-
|3
|[[Glycoside hydrolase|Glycosidases]]
|Carbohydrates (breaks glycosidic bonds)<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-008045382-8.00660-2 |chapter=Enzymatic Synthesis of Complex Carbohydrates |title=Comprehensive Natural Products II |date=2010 |last1=Zhao |first1=Wei |last2=Li |first2=Tiehai |last3=Woodward |first3=Robert |last4=Xia |first4=Chengfeng |last5=Wang |first5=Peng George |last6=Guan |first6=Wanyi |pages=5–54 |isbn=978-0-08-045382-8 }}</ref>
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|4
|[[Lipase|Lipases]]
|Lipids (breaks ester bonds)<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-323-89929-1.00034-2 |chapter=Enzymes in seafood processing |title=Value-Addition in Food Products and Processing Through Enzyme Technology |date=2022 |last1=Mathew |first1=Gincy Marina |last2=Huang |first2=Chieh Chen |last3=Sindhu |first3=Raveendran |last4=Binod |first4=Parameswaran |last5=Pandey |first5=Ashok |pages=189–204 |isbn=978-0-323-89929-1 }}</ref>
|-
|5
|[[Phospholipase|Phospholipases]]
|Phospholipids (cleaves fatty acids from phospholipids)<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-800047-2.00002-4 |chapter=The Lipids of Biological Membranes |title=The Membranes of Cells |date=2016 |last1=Yeagle |first1=Philip L. |pages=27–56 |isbn=978-0-12-800047-2 }}</ref>
|-
|7
|[[Phosphatase|Phosphatases]]
|Phosphorylated molecules (removes phosphate groups)<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.12.027 |title=Non-redox cycling mechanisms of oxidative stress induced by PM metals |date=2020 |last1=Samet |first1=James M. |last2=Chen |first2=Hao |last3=Pennington |first3=Edward R. |last4=Bromberg |first4=Philip A. |journal=Free Radical Biology and Medicine |volume=151 |pages=26–37 |pmid=31877355 |pmc=7803379 }}</ref>
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|8
|[[Sulfatase|Sulfatases]]
|Sulfated molecules (removes sulphate groups)<ref>{{cite book |doi=10.1016/S0076-6879(10)80003-5 |chapter=Use of a Phage Display Antibody to Measure the Enzymatic Activity of the Sulfs |title=Glycobiology |series=Methods in Enzymology |date=2010 |last1=Uchimura |first1=Kenji |last2=Lemjabbar-Alaoui |first2=Hassan |last3=Van Kuppevelt |first3=Toin H. |last4=Rosen |first4=Steven D. |volume=480 |pages=51–64 |pmid=20816204 |isbn=978-0-12-380999-5 }}</ref>
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