What Would Happen If the Enzyme That Adds Phosphate Groups

question 71

Multiple Choice

What would happen if the enzyme that adds phosphate groups to the appropriate mannose residues on the carbohydrate chains of lysosomal enzymes were defective?

• A)Lysosomal enzymes would be localized to lysosomes.
• B)Lysosomal enzymes would be localized to peroxisomes.
• C)Lysosomal enzymes would continue through the Golgi complex to secretory vesicles and would eventually be secreted.
• D)Lysosomal enzymes would be degraded.

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