I have several textbooks for A level biology and one of them says that plant cells don't have lysosomes, but that their vacuole fulfils this purpose instead. Another textbook also hinted at this by labelling lysosomes in a diagram for an animal cell but not for a plant cell. Is this true? How would a vacuole fulfil the purpose of lysosomes- don't they only contain cell sap, or do they have digestive enzymes too?
Much appreciated