Tay-Sachs disease often affects children by progressively destroying cells in their brains due to the accumulation of a specific type of fat. This is due to the fact that

Tay-Sachs disease often affects children by progressively destroying cells in their brains due to the accumulation of a specific type of fat. This is due to the fact that



A) the Golgi bodies do not transport fats out of the cell in vesicles, and they accumulate in the cell.

B) the lysosomes do not contain the appropriate enzyme to metabolize the fat.

C) the fats are not permeable to the cell wall and they accumulate in the cell.

D) hydrogen peroxide is not produced by the peroxisomes to destroy the fats.



Answer: B ) the lysosomes do not contain the appropriate enzyme to metabolize the fat.


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