What would likely happen to a cell treated with a compound that causes lysis (breakage) of peroxisomal membranes? Ca++ would lea
k out and trigger exocytosis. Proteins would leak out and fail to be secreted. Probably not much, because peroxisomes have pores in their membranes anyway. Proteins in the cytoplasm would be damaged from the release of compounds damaging to the cell.
Scientists have been concerned that human activities could cause more plants and animals to become extinct than any point in the past. Along with human-made changes in climate (see above), some of these extinctions could be caused by overhunting, overfishing, invasive species, or habitat loss
