Which of the following cell organelles have cisterns and is involved in the formation of lysosomes?
Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus is made of stacks of flattened, membrane-bound sacs called cisternae. These cisternae modify, sort, and package proteins and lipids received from the endoplasmic reticulum.
The Golgi apparatus also pinches off vesicles, and one important type of vesicle it produces is the lysosome, which contains digestive enzymes. This makes the Golgi apparatus the organelle linked to both cisternae and lysosome formation.
Chromoplast is a coloured plastid that stores pigments giving flowers and fruits their colour; it is not built from cisternae and does not form lysosomes.
Leucoplast is a colourless plastid used to store starch, oils, or proteins; it is unrelated to lysosome formation.
Mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell that produce ATP through respiration; they have cristae (folds), not cisternae, and do not make lysosomes.
Hence, the organelle with cisternae that forms lysosomes is the Golgi apparatus.
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