TAY-SACHS DISEASE

WHAT ORGANELLE MIGHT THIS DISORDER BE ASSOCIATED?

WHAT IS THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THIS ORGANELLE?

• Digestion of lipids, carbs, and proteins into small molecules to be used by the rest of the cell.
• Breaks down organelles that are no longer needed.

HOW DOES THE ORGANELLE FACILITATE ITS FUNCTION

• It is taken in the lysosomes and spreads
• Attack nervous system and affects mobility
• Other activities that require mobility are dangerous to them

HOW DOES THE DISEASE PRODUCE?

• To recycle lipids your lysosomes need a enzyme called hex A
• People with Tay-Sachs don't have the DNA instructions
• To make Hex A correctly.
• The lipids fill up in the lysosomes in the brain And
• Causes their brain to hurt.

MICHAEL'S SYMPTOMS

• Mobility is reduced
• Red, cherry spot.
• Anything requiring mobility is dangerous
• Weakens muscles as well

EXPLINATION

• Red spot is caused by a pile of ganglion cells.
• The ganglion cells builds up because hex A is missing
• Mobility is decreased because the lost in hex A shuts it down