Garbage Sac (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Garbage Sac

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Larger proteins or organelles are handled differently. They are led by chaperones to aggregation spots (second step) and then engulfed in a sac that carries them to a larger body holding enzymes that will digest the contents of the sac.

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E.M.L.

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