and plant cells can have more than one type of vacuole. Vacuoles are related to lysosomes and share some functions with these structures; for instance, both contain degradative enzymes for ...
This makes a big vacuole more effective at volume expansion. Gilroy, S. & Trewavas, A. Signal processing and transduction in plant cells: the end of the beginning? Nature Reviews Molecular Cell ...
The basic structure of a plant cell is shown below – the ... with cell sap to help keep the cell turgid. Animal cells may also have vacuoles but these are small and temporary.