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Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic abnormality that results in cells accumulating and becoming clogged with very large, complex, undigested lipids. Which cellular organelle must be involved in this condition?
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Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic abnormality that results in cells accumulating and becoming clogged with very large, complex, undigested lipids. Which cellular organelle must be involved in this condition? 1) lysosomes 2) Golgi apparatus 3) the endoplasmic reticulum 4) mitochondria

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Lysosomes

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Tay-Sachs disease is an inherited disease that consists in gangliosides accumulated in lysosomes, as they can't be degraded. Hexoseminidase A, the enzyme in charge is mutated

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